#42CB8B#42CB8B

#42CB8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.150 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB8B
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 139)
HSL	hsl(152, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 31.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -51.50, 21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 55.79, 157.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.1401 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.15 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2602, 45.7311, 31.7587)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB8B #CB4282

analogous

#42CB47 #42CB8B #42C6CB

triadic

#42CB8B #8B42CB #CB8B42

tetradic

#42CB8B #4742CB #CB4282 #C6CB42

square

#42CB8B #4742CB #CB4282 #C6CB42

split-complementary

#42CB8B #CB42C6 #CB4742

monochromatic

#20734C #2DA36C #42CB8B #72D8A8 #A2E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#42CB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB8B

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB8B	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.150 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcad',
    500: '#42cb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb8b;
$custom-light: #86dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.971,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75258,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB8B

secondary

#D297B2

accent

#488FE0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB8B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →