#42C986#42C986

#42C986 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.152 H 157.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C986
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 134)
HSL	hsl(150, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(150, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 33.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -51.72, 23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 56.66, 155.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.1404 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.152 157.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4339, 44.6498, 29.7221)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C986 #C94285

analogous

#42C942 #42C986 #42C9C9

triadic

#42C986 #8642C9 #C98642

tetradic

#42C986 #4242C9 #C94285 #C9C942

square

#42C986 #4242C9 #C94285 #C9C942

split-complementary

#42C986 #C942C9 #C94242

monochromatic

#207049 #2EA067 #42C986 #72D7A4 #A1E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#42C986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C986

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C986	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)

#C7BA82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.152 157.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa9',
    500: '#42c986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c986;
$custom-light: #86daa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74644,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 157.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C986

secondary

#D196B3

accent

#4993DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C986

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

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