#42C898#42C898

#42C898 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.136 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C898
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 152)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 24%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -47.47, 13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 49.38, 164.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.131 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.136 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5655, 44.7307, 36.8281)
Luminance	0.4473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C898 #C84272

analogous

#42C855 #42C898 #42B5C8

triadic

#42C898 #9842C8 #C89842

tetradic

#42C898 #5542C8 #C84272 #B5C842

square

#42C898 #5542C8 #C84272 #B5C842

split-complementary

#42C898 #C842B5 #C85542

monochromatic

#206F53 #2E9F76 #42C898 #71D6B2 #A1E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#42C898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C898

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C898	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.136 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b6',
    500: '#42c898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c898;
$custom-light: #86d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.507,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74807,
    "c": 0.13557,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C898

secondary

#D096AB

accent

#4A7FDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C898

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

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