#42C997#42C997

#42C997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C997
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 24.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -48.11, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 50.26, 163.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.1325 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.138 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7163, 45.1627, 36.4760)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C997 #C94274

analogous

#42C954 #42C997 #42B7C9

triadic

#42C997 #9742C9 #C99742

tetradic

#42C997 #5442C9 #C94274 #B7C942

square

#42C997 #5442C9 #C94274 #B7C942

split-complementary

#42C997 #C942B7 #C95442

monochromatic

#207053 #2EA076 #42C997 #72D7B1 #A1E4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#42C997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C997

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C997	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dab5',
    500: '#42c997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c997;
$custom-light: #86dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75033,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C997

secondary

#D196AC

accent

#4980DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C997

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

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