#42CA8F#42CA8F

#42CA8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.146 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA8F
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 143)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(154, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 29.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -50.26, 19.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 53.74, 159.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.1373 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.146 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3224, 45.3794, 33.2477)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA8F #CA427D

analogous

#42CA4B #42CA8F #42C1CA

triadic

#42CA8F #8F42CA #CA8F42

tetradic

#42CA8F #4B42CA #CA427D #C1CA42

square

#42CA8F #4B42CA #CA427D #C1CA42

split-complementary

#42CA8F #CA42C1 #CA4B42

monochromatic

#20724E #2DA26F #42CA8F #72D7AB #A2E5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42CA8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#42CA8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA8F

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA8F	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BB8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AE93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.146 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbb0',
    500: '#42ca8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca8f;
$custom-light: #86dbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75095,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA8F

secondary

#D196B0

accent

#488ADF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA8F

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

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