#42C899#42C899

#42C899 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.135 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C899
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(159, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -47.24, 13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 49.03, 164.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.1306 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.135 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6477, 44.7636, 37.2613)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C899 #C84271

analogous

#42C856 #42C899 #42B4C8

triadic

#42C899 #9942C8 #C89942

tetradic

#42C899 #5642C8 #C84271 #B4C842

square

#42C899 #5642C8 #C84271 #B4C842

split-complementary

#42C899 #C842B4 #C85642

monochromatic

#206F54 #2E9F77 #42C899 #71D6B3 #A1E4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#42C899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C899

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C899	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)

#C4BA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.135 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b7',
    500: '#42c899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c899;
$custom-light: #86d9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.955,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74832,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C899

secondary

#D096AA

accent

#4A7EDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C899

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

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