#42C890#42C890

#42C890 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.142 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C890
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 144)
HSL	hsl(155, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 28%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -49.24, 17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 52.31, 160.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.1348 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.142 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9323, 44.4774, 33.4931)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C890 #C8427A

analogous

#42C84D #42C890 #42BDC8

triadic

#42C890 #9042C8 #C89042

tetradic

#42C890 #4D42C8 #C8427A #BDC842

square

#42C890 #4D42C8 #C8427A #BDC842

split-complementary

#42C890 #C842BD #C84D42

monochromatic

#206F4E #2E9F70 #42C890 #71D6AC #A1E4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#42C890 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C890

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C890	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)

#C5B98D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.142 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b0',
    500: '#42c890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c890;
$custom-light: #86d9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.925,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74614,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C890

secondary

#D096AE

accent

#4A88DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C890

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

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