#42C992#42C992

#42C992 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.142 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C992
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 146)
HSL	hsl(156, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(156, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 27.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -49.21, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 52.09, 160.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.1348 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.142 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3188, 45.0037, 34.3827)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C992 #C94279

analogous

#42C94F #42C992 #42BCC9

triadic

#42C992 #9242C9 #C99242

tetradic

#42C992 #4F42C9 #C94279 #BCC942

square

#42C992 #4F42C9 #C94279 #BCC942

split-complementary

#42C992 #C942BC #C94F42

monochromatic

#207050 #2EA071 #42C992 #72D7AD #A1E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#42C992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C992

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C992	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.142 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dab2',
    500: '#42c992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c992;
$custom-light: #86dab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74913,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C992

secondary

#D196AE

accent

#4986DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C992

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

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