#42C587#42C587

#42C587 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.146 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C587
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 135)
HSL	hsl(152, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 31.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -49.93, 20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 54.14, 157.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.1359 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.146 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5837, 42.8371, 29.7844)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C587 #C54280

analogous

#42C546 #42C587 #42C2C5

triadic

#42C587 #8742C5 #C58742

tetradic

#42C587 #4642C5 #C54280 #C2C542

square

#42C587 #4642C5 #C54280 #C2C542

split-complementary

#42C587 #C542C2 #C54642

monochromatic

#216C48 #2F9A68 #42C587 #71D3A5 #A0E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#42C587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C587

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C587	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.146 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7aa',
    500: '#42c587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c587;
$custom-light: #85d7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.603,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73651,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C587

secondary

#CE95B0

accent

#4B90DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C587

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

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