#42C98B#42C98B

#42C98B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.148 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C98B
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 139)
HSL	hsl(152, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 30.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -50.70, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 54.73, 157.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.1381 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.148 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7909, 44.7926, 31.6023)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C98B #C94280

analogous

#42C947 #42C98B #42C4C9

triadic

#42C98B #8B42C9 #C98B42

tetradic

#42C98B #4742C9 #C94280 #C4C942

square

#42C98B #4742C9 #C94280 #C4C942

split-complementary

#42C98B #C942C4 #C94742

monochromatic

#20704C #2EA06C #42C98B #72D7A8 #A1E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#42C98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C98B

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C98B	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.148 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daad',
    500: '#42c98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c98b;
$custom-light: #86daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C98B

secondary

#D196B1

accent

#498EDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C98B

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

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