#42C797#42C797

#42C797 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.135 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C797
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 24.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -47.28, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 49.22, 163.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.1305 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.135 165)
XYZ	xyz(28.2531, 44.2364, 36.3216)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C797 #C74272

analogous

#42C755 #42C797 #42B5C7

triadic

#42C797 #9742C7 #C79742

tetradic

#42C797 #5542C7 #C74272 #B5C742

square

#42C797 #5542C7 #C74272 #B5C742

split-complementary

#42C797 #C742B5 #C75542

monochromatic

#216E52 #2F9D75 #42C797 #71D5B1 #A0E3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#42C797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C797

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C797	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.135 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b5',
    500: '#42c797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c797;
$custom-light: #86d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.346,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74531,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.44239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C797

secondary

#D095AA

accent

#4A7FDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C797

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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