#42C987#42C987

#42C987 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.151 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C987
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(151, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 32.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -51.52, 22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 56.27, 156.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.14 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.151 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5040, 44.6778, 30.0912)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C987 #C94284

analogous

#42C944 #42C987 #42C7C9

triadic

#42C987 #8742C9 #C98742

tetradic

#42C987 #4442C9 #C94284 #C7C942

square

#42C987 #4442C9 #C94284 #C7C942

split-complementary

#42C987 #C942C7 #C94442

monochromatic

#207049 #2EA068 #42C987 #72D7A5 #A1E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#42C987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C987

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C987	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.151 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daaa',
    500: '#42c987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c987;
$custom-light: #86daaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74666,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C987

secondary

#D196B3

accent

#4992DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C987

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

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