#42C99E#42C99E

#42C99E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C99E
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 21.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -46.51, 11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 47.79, 166.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.1292 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.132 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3017, 45.3969, 39.5593)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C99E #C9426D

analogous

#42C95B #42C99E #42B1C9

triadic

#42C99E #9E42C9 #C99E42

tetradic

#42C99E #5B42C9 #C9426D #B1C942

square

#42C99E #5B42C9 #C9426D #B1C942

split-complementary

#42C99E #C942B1 #C95B42

monochromatic

#207057 #2EA07C #42C99E #72D7B6 #A1E4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#42C99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C99E

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C99E	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daba',
    500: '#42c99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c99e;
$custom-light: #86daba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7521,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C99E

secondary

#D196A9

accent

#4979DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C99E

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

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