#42C79E#42C79E

#42C79E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C79E
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 20.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -45.66, 10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 46.78, 167.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.1272 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.13 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8386, 44.4705, 39.4050)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C79E #C7426B

analogous

#42C75C #42C79E #42AEC7

triadic

#42C79E #9E42C7 #C79E42

tetradic

#42C79E #5C42C7 #C7426B #AEC742

square

#42C79E #5C42C7 #C7426B #AEC742

split-complementary

#42C79E #C742AE #C75C42

monochromatic

#216E56 #2F9D7B #42C79E #71D5B6 #A0E3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#42C79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C79E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C79E	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ADA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9ba',
    500: '#42c79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c79e;
$custom-light: #86d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.504,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7471,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C79E

secondary

#D095A7

accent

#4A78DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C79E

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

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