#42C99B#42C99B

#42C99B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C99B
RGBrgb(66, 201, 155)
HSLhsl(160, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(160, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(67.2%, 0%, 22.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.09, -47.20, 12.52)
CIE-LCHlch(73.09, 48.83, 165.15°)
OKLaboklab(75.13% -0.1306 0.032)
OKLCHoklch(75.13% 0.135 166.2)
XYZxyz(29.0467, 45.2949, 38.2160)
Luminance0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C99B #C94270
analogous
#42C958 #42C99B #42B3C9
triadic
#42C99B #9B42C9 #C99B42
tetradic
#42C99B #5842C9 #C94270 #B3C942
square
#42C99B #5842C9 #C94270 #B3C942
split-complementary
#42C99B #C942B3 #C95842
monochromatic
#207055 #2EA079 #42C99B #72D7B4 #A1E4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#42C99B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06
#42C99B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C99B
10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C99B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C99B1.002.0910.0610.06
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0621.001.001.00
##00000010.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5BB99
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2AE9E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CABC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 166.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dab8',
    500: '#42c99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c99b;
$custom-light: #86dab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C99B
secondary
#D196AA
accent
#497CDF
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

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#42C99B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva