#42C889#42C889

#42C889 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.148 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C889
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 137)
HSL	hsl(152, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 31.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -50.72, 21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 54.97, 157.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.138 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.148 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4138, 44.2700, 30.7623)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C889 #C84281

analogous

#42C846 #42C889 #42C4C8

triadic

#42C889 #8942C8 #C88942

tetradic

#42C889 #4642C8 #C84281 #C4C842

square

#42C889 #4642C8 #C84281 #C4C842

split-complementary

#42C889 #C842C4 #C84642

monochromatic

#206F4A #2E9F6A #42C889 #71D6A7 #A1E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#42C889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C889

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C889	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.148 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daab',
    500: '#42c889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c889;
$custom-light: #86daab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.791,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74456,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C889

secondary

#D096B1

accent

#4A8FDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C889

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

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