#42C887#42C887

#42C887 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.150 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C887
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 135)
HSL	hsl(151, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 32.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -51.13, 22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 55.74, 156.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.139 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.15 158)
XYZ	xyz(27.2716, 44.2131, 30.0137)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C887 #C84283

analogous

#42C844 #42C887 #42C6C8

triadic

#42C887 #8742C8 #C88742

tetradic

#42C887 #4442C8 #C84283 #C6C842

square

#42C887 #4442C8 #C84283 #C6C842

split-complementary

#42C887 #C842C6 #C84442

monochromatic

#206F49 #2E9F68 #42C887 #71D6A5 #A1E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C887 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#42C887 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C887

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C887	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C887	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c887;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.150 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daaa',
    500: '#42c887',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c887;
$custom-light: #86daaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c887",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.896,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74412,
    "c": 0.14986,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.44216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C887

secondary

#D096B2

accent

#4A92DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C887

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

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