#42C98F#42C98F

#42C98F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.144 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C98F
RGBrgb(66, 201, 143)
HSLhsl(154, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(154, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(67.2%, 0%, 28.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(72.83, -49.86, 18.59)
CIE-LCHlch(72.83, 53.21, 159.55°)
OKLaboklab(74.84% -0.1362 0.0473)
OKLCHoklch(74.84% 0.144 160.9)
XYZxyz(28.0885, 44.9116, 33.1698)
Luminance0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C98F #C9427C
analogous
#42C94B #42C98F #42C0C9
triadic
#42C98F #8F42C9 #C98F42
tetradic
#42C98F #4B42C9 #C9427C #C0C942
square
#42C98F #4B42C9 #C9427C #C0C942
split-complementary
#42C98F #C942C0 #C94B42
monochromatic
#20704E #2EA06F #42C98F #72D7AB #A1E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10
#42C98F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98
#42C98F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C98F
9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C98F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C98F1.002.109.989.98
#FFFFFF2.101.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9821.001.001.00
##0000009.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6BA8C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5AE93
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.144 160.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dab0',
    500: '#42c98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c98f;
$custom-light: #86dab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74843,
    "c": 0.14421,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C98F
secondary
#D196AF
accent
#4989DF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#42C98F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva