#42C79C#42C79C

#42C79C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C79C
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 156)
HSL	hsl(161, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 21.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -46.13, 11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 47.46, 166.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.1281 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.131 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6678, 44.4022, 38.5057)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C79C #C7426D

analogous

#42C75A #42C79C #42AFC7

triadic

#42C79C #9C42C7 #C79C42

tetradic

#42C79C #5A42C7 #C7426D #AFC742

square

#42C79C #5A42C7 #C7426D #AFC742

split-complementary

#42C79C #C742AF #C75A42

monochromatic

#216E55 #2F9D79 #42C79C #71D5B5 #A0E3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#42C79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C79C

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C79C	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b9',
    500: '#42c79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c79c;
$custom-light: #86d9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.602,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74658,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C79C

secondary

#D095A8

accent

#4A7ADE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C79C

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

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