#42CA8E#42CA8E

#42CA8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.146 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA8E
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 142)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(154, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 29.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.12, -50.48, 19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.12, 54.12, 158.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.1377 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.146 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2470, 45.3492, 32.8506)
Luminance	0.4535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA8E #CA427E

analogous

#42CA4A #42CA8E #42C2CA

triadic

#42CA8E #8E42CA #CA8E42

tetradic

#42CA8E #4A42CA #CA427E #C2CA42

square

#42CA8E #4A42CA #CA427E #C2CA42

split-complementary

#42CA8E #CA42C2 #CA4A42

monochromatic

#20724E #2DA26E #42CA8E #72D7AB #A2E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CA8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#42CA8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA8E

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA8E	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.146 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbaf',
    500: '#42ca8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca8e;
$custom-light: #86dbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.529,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75073,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA8E

secondary

#D196B0

accent

#488BDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA8E

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

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