#42CA88#42CA88

#42CA88 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.152 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA88
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 136)
HSL	hsl(151, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 32.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -51.71, 22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 56.41, 156.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.1405 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.152 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8086, 45.1738, 30.5416)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA88 #CA4284

analogous

#42CA44 #42CA88 #42C8CA

triadic

#42CA88 #8842CA #CA8842

tetradic

#42CA88 #4442CA #CA4284 #C8CA42

square

#42CA88 #4442CA #CA4284 #C8CA42

split-complementary

#42CA88 #CA42C8 #CA4442

monochromatic

#20724A #2DA269 #42CA88 #72D7A6 #A2E5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CA88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#42CA88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA88

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA88	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.152 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbab',
    500: '#42ca88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca88;
$custom-light: #86dbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7494,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA88

secondary

#D196B3

accent

#4892DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA88

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

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