#42CA94#42CA94

#42CA94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.141 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA94
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 148)
HSL	hsl(156, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(156, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 26.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -49.19, 16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 51.88, 161.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.1349 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.141 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7096, 45.5343, 35.2872)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA94 #CA4278

analogous

#42CA50 #42CA94 #42BCCA

triadic

#42CA94 #9442CA #CA9442

tetradic

#42CA94 #5042CA #CA4278 #BCCA42

square

#42CA94 #5042CA #CA4278 #BCCA42

split-complementary

#42CA94 #CA42BC #CA5042

monochromatic

#207251 #2DA273 #42CA94 #72D7AF #A2E5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42CA94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#42CA94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA94

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA94	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.141 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbb3',
    500: '#42ca94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca94;
$custom-light: #86dbb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75212,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA94

secondary

#D196AE

accent

#4884DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA94

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

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