#42C98C#42C98C

#42C98C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.147 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C98C
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 140)
HSL	hsl(153, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 30.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -50.49, 20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 54.35, 158.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.1376 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.147 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8643, 44.8219, 31.9889)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C98C #C9427F

analogous

#42C948 #42C98C #42C3C9

triadic

#42C98C #8C42C9 #C98C42

tetradic

#42C98C #4842C9 #C9427F #C3C942

square

#42C98C #4842C9 #C9427F #C3C942

split-complementary

#42C98C #C942C3 #C94842

monochromatic

#20704C #2EA06C #42C98C #72D7A9 #A1E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#42C98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C98C

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C98C	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)

#C7BA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.147 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daae',
    500: '#42c98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c98c;
$custom-light: #86daae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74775,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C98C

secondary

#D196B1

accent

#498DDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C98C

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

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