#42C99F#42C99F

#42C99F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C99F
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 159)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 20.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -46.27, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 47.45, 167.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.1288 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.132 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3882, 45.4315, 40.0145)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C99F #C9426C

analogous

#42C95B #42C99F #42B0C9

triadic

#42C99F #9F42C9 #C99F42

tetradic

#42C99F #5B42C9 #C9426C #B0C942

square

#42C99F #5B42C9 #C9426C #B0C942

split-complementary

#42C99F #C942B0 #C95B42

monochromatic

#207057 #2EA07C #42C99F #72D7B7 #A1E4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#42C99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C99F

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C99F	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dabb',
    500: '#42c99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c99f;
$custom-light: #86dabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75236,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C99F

secondary

#D196A8

accent

#4978DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C99F

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

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