#42C896#42C896

#42C896 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.137 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C896
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 25%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -47.92, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 50.10, 163.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.132 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.137 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4031, 44.6657, 35.9727)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C896 #C84274

analogous

#42C853 #42C896 #42B7C8

triadic

#42C896 #9642C8 #C89642

tetradic

#42C896 #5342C8 #C84274 #B7C842

square

#42C896 #5342C8 #C84274 #B7C842

split-complementary

#42C896 #C842B7 #C85342

monochromatic

#206F52 #2E9F75 #42C896 #71D6B0 #A1E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#42C896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C896

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C896	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C4BA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.137 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b5',
    500: '#42c896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c896;
$custom-light: #86d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.612,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74758,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C896

secondary

#D096AB

accent

#4A81DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C896

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

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