#42C893#42C893

#42C893 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.140 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C893
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 147)
HSL	hsl(156, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(156, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 26.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -48.59, 16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 51.20, 161.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.1334 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.14 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1646, 44.5703, 34.7167)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C893 #C84277

analogous

#42C850 #42C893 #42BAC8

triadic

#42C893 #9342C8 #C89342

tetradic

#42C893 #5042C8 #C84277 #BAC842

square

#42C893 #5042C8 #C84277 #BAC842

split-complementary

#42C893 #C842BA #C85042

monochromatic

#206F50 #2E9F72 #42C893 #71D6AE #A1E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#42C893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C893

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C893	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BA90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.140 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b2',
    500: '#42c893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c893;
$custom-light: #86d9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.269,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74685,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C893

secondary

#D096AD

accent

#4A84DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C893

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

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