#42CA8B#42CA8B

#42CA8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.149 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA8B
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 139)
HSL	hsl(152, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 31.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -51.10, 21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 55.26, 157.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.1391 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.149 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0248, 45.2603, 31.6803)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA8B #CA4281

analogous

#42CA47 #42CA8B #42C5CA

triadic

#42CA8B #8B42CA #CA8B42

tetradic

#42CA8B #4742CA #CA4281 #C5CA42

square

#42CA8B #4742CA #CA4281 #C5CA42

split-complementary

#42CA8B #CA42C5 #CA4742

monochromatic

#20724C #2DA26C #42CA8B #72D7A8 #A2E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#42CA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA8B

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA8B	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.149 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbad',
    500: '#42ca8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca8b;
$custom-light: #86dbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.206,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA8B

secondary

#D196B2

accent

#488EDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA8B

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

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