#42CA87#42CA87

#42CA87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.152 H 157.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA87
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 135)
HSL	hsl(150, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(150, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 33.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -51.92, 23.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 56.80, 156.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.141 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.153 157.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7379, 45.1455, 30.1691)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA87 #CA4285

analogous

#42CA43 #42CA87 #42C9CA

triadic

#42CA87 #8742CA #CA8742

tetradic

#42CA87 #4342CA #CA4285 #C9CA42

square

#42CA87 #4342CA #CA4285 #C9CA42

split-complementary

#42CA87 #CA42C9 #CA4342

monochromatic

#207249 #2DA268 #42CA87 #72D7A5 #A2E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CA87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#42CA87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA87

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA87	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.152 157.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbaa',
    500: '#42ca87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca87;
$custom-light: #86dbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.441,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74919,
    "c": 0.1525,
    "h": 157.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA87

secondary

#D196B3

accent

#4893DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA87

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

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