#42C88A#42C88A

#42C88A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.147 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C88A
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 138)
HSL	hsl(152, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 31%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -50.51, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 54.58, 157.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1376 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.147 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4858, 44.2988, 31.1418)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C88A #C84280

analogous

#42C847 #42C88A #42C3C8

triadic

#42C88A #8A42C8 #C88A42

tetradic

#42C88A #4742C8 #C84280 #C3C842

square

#42C88A #4742C8 #C84280 #C3C842

split-complementary

#42C88A #C842C3 #C84742

monochromatic

#206F4B #2E9F6B #42C88A #71D6A7 #A1E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C88A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#42C88A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C88A

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C88A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C88A	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c88a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.147 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daac',
    500: '#42c88a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c88a;
$custom-light: #86daac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c88a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.239,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74478,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C88A

secondary

#D096B1

accent

#4A8EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C88A

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

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