#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
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 155)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 22.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -47.20, 12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 48.83, 165.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1306 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.135 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0467, 45.2949, 38.2160)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42C99B	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42C99B

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

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