#42CB8A#42CB8A

#42CB8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.151 H 158.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB8A
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 138)
HSL	hsl(152, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 32%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -51.70, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 56.17, 156.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.1406 0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.151 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1874, 45.7020, 31.3757)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB8A #CB4283

analogous

#42CB46 #42CB8A #42C7CB

triadic

#42CB8A #8A42CB #CB8A42

tetradic

#42CB8A #4642CB #CB4283 #C7CB42

square

#42CB8A #4642CB #CB4283 #C7CB42

split-complementary

#42CB8A #CB42C7 #CB4642

monochromatic

#20734B #2DA36B #42CB8A #72D8A8 #A2E5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#42CB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB8A

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB8A	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AF8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.151 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcac',
    500: '#42cb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb8a;
$custom-light: #86dcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.533,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75237,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB8A

secondary

#D297B3

accent

#4890E0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB8A

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

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