#42C799#42C799

#42C799 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.134 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C799
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 23.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -46.83, 12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 48.51, 164.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.1295 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.134 166)
XYZ	xyz(28.4169, 44.3019, 37.1843)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C799 #C74270

analogous

#42C757 #42C799 #42B3C7

triadic

#42C799 #9942C7 #C79942

tetradic

#42C799 #5742C7 #C74270 #B3C742

square

#42C799 #5742C7 #C74270 #B3C742

split-complementary

#42C799 #C742B3 #C75742

monochromatic

#216E53 #2F9D77 #42C799 #71D5B2 #A0E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#42C799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C799

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C799	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.134 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b7',
    500: '#42c799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c799;
$custom-light: #86d9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.248,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74581,
    "c": 0.13353,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.44305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C799

secondary

#D095A9

accent

#4A7DDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C799

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

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