#42C88F#42C88F

#42C88F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.143 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C88F
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 143)
HSL	hsl(154, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(154, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 28.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -49.46, 18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 52.69, 159.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.1352 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.143 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8562, 44.4469, 33.0923)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C88F #C8427B

analogous

#42C84C #42C88F #42BEC8

triadic

#42C88F #8F42C8 #C88F42

tetradic

#42C88F #4C42C8 #C8427B #BEC842

square

#42C88F #4C42C8 #C8427B #BEC842

split-complementary

#42C88F #C842BE #C84C42

monochromatic

#206F4E #2E9F6F #42C88F #71D6AB #A1E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C88F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#42C88F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C88F

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C88F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C88F	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AD93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c88f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.143 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b0',
    500: '#42c88f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c88f;
$custom-light: #86d9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c88f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.478,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74591,
    "c": 0.14291,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C88F

secondary

#D096AF

accent

#4A89DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C88F

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

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