#42C895#42C895

#42C895 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.138 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C895
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 149)
HSL	hsl(157, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 25.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -48.15, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 50.47, 162.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.1324 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.138 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3229, 44.6336, 35.5504)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C895 #C84275

analogous

#42C852 #42C895 #42B8C8

triadic

#42C895 #9542C8 #C89542

tetradic

#42C895 #5242C8 #C84275 #B8C842

square

#42C895 #5242C8 #C84275 #B8C842

split-complementary

#42C895 #C842B8 #C85242

monochromatic

#206F51 #2E9F74 #42C895 #71D6B0 #A1E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#42C895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C895

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C895	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.138 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b4',
    500: '#42c895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c895;
$custom-light: #86d9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.164,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74733,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C895

secondary

#D096AC

accent

#4A82DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C895

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

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