#42C798#42C798

#42C798 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C798
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 152)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 23.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -47.06, 13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 48.87, 164.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.13 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.134 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3347, 44.2690, 36.7512)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C798 #C74271

analogous

#42C756 #42C798 #42B4C7

triadic

#42C798 #9842C7 #C79842

tetradic

#42C798 #5642C7 #C74271 #B4C742

square

#42C798 #5642C7 #C74271 #B4C742

split-complementary

#42C798 #C742B4 #C75642

monochromatic

#216E53 #2F9D76 #42C798 #71D5B2 #A0E3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#42C798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C798

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C798	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)

#C3B995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b6',
    500: '#42c798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c798;
$custom-light: #86d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.797,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74556,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C798

secondary

#D095AA

accent

#4A7EDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C798

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

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