#42CB8D#42CB8D

#42CB8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.149 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB8D
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 141)
HSL	hsl(153, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 30.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -51.08, 20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 55.02, 158.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.1392 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.149 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4076, 45.7901, 32.5354)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB8D #CB4280

analogous

#42CB49 #42CB8D #42C4CB

triadic

#42CB8D #8D42CB #CB8D42

tetradic

#42CB8D #4942CB #CB4280 #C4CB42

square

#42CB8D #4942CB #CB4280 #C4CB42

split-complementary

#42CB8D #CB42C4 #CB4942

monochromatic

#20734D #2DA36E #42CB8D #72D8AA #A2E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#42CB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB8D

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB8D	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BC89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AF91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.149 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcae',
    500: '#42cb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb8d;
$custom-light: #86dcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.847,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75303,
    "c": 0.14855,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB8D

secondary

#D297B2

accent

#488DE0

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB8D

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

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