#42C99A#42C99A

#42C99A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C99A
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 154)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 23.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -47.43, 13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 49.19, 164.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.1311 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.135 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9630, 45.2614, 37.7755)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C99A #C94271

analogous

#42C956 #42C99A #42B5C9

triadic

#42C99A #9A42C9 #C99A42

tetradic

#42C99A #5642C9 #C94271 #B5C942

square

#42C99A #5642C9 #C94271 #B5C942

split-complementary

#42C99A #C942B5 #C95642

monochromatic

#207054 #2EA078 #42C99A #72D7B3 #A1E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#42C99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C99A

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C99A	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dab7',
    500: '#42c99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c99a;
$custom-light: #86dab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75108,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C99A

secondary

#D196AA

accent

#497DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C99A

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

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