#42C995#42C995

#42C995 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.139 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C995
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 149)
HSL	hsl(157, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 25.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -48.56, 15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 50.99, 162.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.1335 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.139 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5553, 45.0983, 35.6279)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C995 #C94276

analogous

#42C952 #42C995 #42BAC9

triadic

#42C995 #9542C9 #C99542

tetradic

#42C995 #5242C9 #C94276 #BAC942

square

#42C995 #5242C9 #C94276 #BAC942

split-complementary

#42C995 #C942BA #C95242

monochromatic

#207052 #2EA074 #42C995 #72D7B0 #A1E4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#42C995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C995

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C995	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.139 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dab4',
    500: '#42c995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c995;
$custom-light: #86dab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74985,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C995

secondary

#D196AD

accent

#4983DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C995

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

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