#42CA86#42CA86

#42CA86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.153 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA86
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 134)
HSL	hsl(150, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(150, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 33.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -52.12, 23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 57.19, 155.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.1414 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.153 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6678, 45.1175, 29.8001)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA86 #CA4286

analogous

#42CA42 #42CA86 #42CACA

triadic

#42CA86 #8642CA #CA8642

tetradic

#42CA86 #4242CA #CA4286 #CACA42

square

#42CA86 #4242CA #CA4286 #CACA42

split-complementary

#42CA86 #CA42CA #CA4242

monochromatic

#207249 #2DA267 #42CA86 #72D7A5 #A2E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CA86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#42CA86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA86

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA86	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BB82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.153 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dba9',
    500: '#42ca86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca86;
$custom-light: #86dba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74898,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA86

secondary

#D196B4

accent

#4894DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA86

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

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