#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
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 141)
HSL	hsl(153, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 30.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -50.69, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 54.50, 158.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.1382 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.147 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1722, 45.3193, 32.4569)
Luminance	0.4532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42CA8D	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42CA8D

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

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