#42C98E#42C98E

#42C98E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.145 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C98E
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 142)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(154, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 29.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -50.07, 19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 53.59, 159.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.1367 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.145 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0131, 44.8815, 32.7726)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C98E #C9427D

analogous

#42C94B #42C98E #42C1C9

triadic

#42C98E #8E42C9 #C98E42

tetradic

#42C98E #4B42C9 #C9427D #C1C942

square

#42C98E #4B42C9 #C9427D #C1C942

split-complementary

#42C98E #C942C1 #C94B42

monochromatic

#20704D #2EA06E #42C98E #72D7AA #A1E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#42C98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C98E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C98E	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BA8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.145 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daaf',
    500: '#42c98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c98e;
$custom-light: #86daaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7482,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C98E

secondary

#D196B0

accent

#498ADF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C98E

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

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