#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
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 155)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 22.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -46.37, 11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 47.81, 165.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.1286 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.132 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5835, 44.3685, 38.0616)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42C79B	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C79B

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

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