#42C88B#42C88B

#42C88B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.146 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C88B
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 139)
HSL	hsl(153, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 30.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -50.30, 20.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 54.20, 158.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.1371 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.146 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5586, 44.3279, 31.5249)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C88B #C8427F

analogous

#42C848 #42C88B #42C2C8

triadic

#42C88B #8B42C8 #C88B42

tetradic

#42C88B #4842C8 #C8427F #C2C842

square

#42C88B #4842C8 #C8427F #C2C842

split-complementary

#42C88B #C842C2 #C84842

monochromatic

#206F4B #2E9F6B #42C88B #71D6A8 #A1E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C88B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#42C88B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C88B

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C88B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C88B	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c88b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.146 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daad',
    500: '#42c88b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c88b;
$custom-light: #86daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c88b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.687,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.745,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C88B

secondary

#D096B0

accent

#4A8DDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C88B

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

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