#42C993#42C993

#42C993 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.141 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C993
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 147)
HSL	hsl(156, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(156, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 26.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -49.00, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 51.72, 161.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.1344 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.141 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3970, 45.0350, 34.7942)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C993 #C94278

analogous

#42C94F #42C993 #42BCC9

triadic

#42C993 #9342C9 #C99342

tetradic

#42C993 #4F42C9 #C94278 #BCC942

square

#42C993 #4F42C9 #C94278 #BCC942

split-complementary

#42C993 #C942BC #C94F42

monochromatic

#207050 #2EA072 #42C993 #72D7AE #A1E4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#42C993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C993

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C993	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BB90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.141 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dab2',
    500: '#42c993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c993;
$custom-light: #86dab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74937,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C993

secondary

#D196AE

accent

#4985DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C993

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

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