#42C79B#42C79B

#42C79B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.132 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C79B
RGBrgb(66, 199, 155)
HSLhsl(160, 54%, 52%)
HSVhsv(160, 67%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 0%, 22.1%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(72.47, -46.37, 11.65)
CIE-LCHlch(72.47, 47.81, 165.89°)
OKLaboklab(74.63% -0.1286 0.0298)
OKLCHoklch(74.63% 0.132 166.9)
XYZxyz(28.5835, 44.3685, 38.0616)
Luminance0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C79B #C7426E
analogous
#42C758 #42C79B #42B1C7
triadic
#42C79B #9B42C7 #C79B42
tetradic
#42C79B #5842C7 #C7426E #B1C742
square
#42C79B #5842C7 #C7426E #B1C742
split-complementary
#42C79B #C742B1 #C75842
monochromatic
#216E54 #2F9D79 #42C79B #71D5B4 #A0E3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#42C79B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87
#42C79B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C79B
9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C79B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C79B1.002.139.879.87
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8721.001.001.00
##0000009.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2B999
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0AC9E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.132 166.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b8',
    500: '#42c79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c79b;
$custom-light: #86d9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.15,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74632,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C79B
secondary
#D095A9
accent
#4A7BDE
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

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#42C79B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva