#42CA89#42CA89

#42CA89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.151 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA89
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 137)
HSL	hsl(151, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 32.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -51.51, 22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 56.03, 156.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.1401 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.151 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8800, 45.2024, 30.9177)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA89 #CA4283

analogous

#42CA45 #42CA89 #42C7CA

triadic

#42CA89 #8942CA #CA8942

tetradic

#42CA89 #4542CA #CA4283 #C7CA42

square

#42CA89 #4542CA #CA4283 #C7CA42

split-complementary

#42CA89 #CA42C7 #CA4542

monochromatic

#20724B #2DA26A #42CA89 #72D7A7 #A2E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CA89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#42CA89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA89

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA89	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)

#C8BB85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.151 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbab',
    500: '#42ca89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca89;
$custom-light: #86dbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74962,
    "c": 0.15073,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA89

secondary

#D196B3

accent

#4891DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA89

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

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