#42C88E#42C88E

#42C88E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.144 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C88E
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 142)
HSL	hsl(154, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(154, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 29%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -49.67, 18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 53.06, 159.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.1357 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.144 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7808, 44.4168, 32.6951)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C88E #C8427C

analogous

#42C84B #42C88E #42BFC8

triadic

#42C88E #8E42C8 #C88E42

tetradic

#42C88E #4B42C8 #C8427C #BFC842

square

#42C88E #4B42C8 #C8427C #BFC842

split-complementary

#42C88E #C842BF #C84B42

monochromatic

#206F4D #2E9F6E #42C88E #71D6AA #A1E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C88E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#42C88E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C88E

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C88E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C88E	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c88e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.144 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9af',
    500: '#42c88e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c88e;
$custom-light: #86d9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c88e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.03,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74568,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C88E

secondary

#D096AF

accent

#4A8ADE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C88E

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

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