#42C79F#42C79F

#42C79F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.129 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C79F
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 159)
HSL	hsl(162, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 20.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -45.43, 9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 46.44, 168.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.1267 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.129 169)
XYZ	xyz(28.9250, 44.5051, 39.8601)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C79F #C7426A

analogous

#42C75D #42C79F #42ADC7

triadic

#42C79F #9F42C7 #C79F42

tetradic

#42C79F #5D42C7 #C7426A #ADC742

square

#42C79F #5D42C7 #C7426A #ADC742

split-complementary

#42C79F #C742AD #C75D42

monochromatic

#216E57 #2F9D7C #42C79F #71D5B7 #A0E3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#42C79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C79F

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C79F	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ADA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.129 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9bb',
    500: '#42c79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c79f;
$custom-light: #86d9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.955,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74737,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.44508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C79F

secondary

#D095A7

accent

#4A77DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C79F

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

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