#42CA8D#42CA8D

#42CA8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.147 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CA8D
RGBrgb(66, 202, 141)
HSLhsl(153, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(153, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 30.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.10, -50.69, 20.02)
CIE-LCHlch(73.10, 54.50, 158.45°)
OKLaboklab(75.05% -0.1382 0.0508)
OKLCHoklch(75.05% 0.147 159.8)
XYZxyz(28.1722, 45.3193, 32.4569)
Luminance0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CA8D #CA427F
analogous
#42CA49 #42CA8D #42C3CA
triadic
#42CA8D #8D42CA #CA8D42
tetradic
#42CA8D #4942CA #CA427F #C3CA42
square
#42CA8D #4942CA #CA427F #C3CA42
split-complementary
#42CA8D #CA42C3 #CA4942
monochromatic
#20724D #2DA26D #42CA8D #72D7AA #A2E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#42CA8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06
#42CA8D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA8D
10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CA8D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CA8D1.002.0910.0610.06
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0621.001.001.00
##00000010.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8BB89
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6AE91
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9BA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ca8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.147 159.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbae',
    500: '#42ca8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ca8d;
$custom-light: #86dbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ca8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7505,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CA8D
secondary
#D196B1
accent
#488CDF
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0C1510
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#42CA8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva