#42C487#42C487

#42C487 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.145 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C487
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(152, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(152, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 31.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -49.53, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 53.61, 157.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.1349 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.145 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3573, 42.3845, 29.7089)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C487 #C4427F

analogous

#42C446 #42C487 #42C0C4

triadic

#42C487 #8742C4 #C48742

tetradic

#42C487 #4642C4 #C4427F #C0C442

square

#42C487 #4642C4 #C4427F #C0C442

split-complementary

#42C487 #C442C0 #C44642

monochromatic

#216A48 #309968 #42C487 #71D3A5 #9FE1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#42C487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C487

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C487	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.145 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7aa',
    500: '#42c487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c487;
$custom-light: #85d7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73397,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C487

secondary

#CE94AF

accent

#4C8FDC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C487

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

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