#42CC87#42CC87

#42CC87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.155 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC87
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 135)
HSL	hsl(150, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(150, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 33.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -52.70, 23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 57.86, 155.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.143 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.155 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2102, 46.0902, 30.3265)
Luminance	0.4609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC87 #CC4287

analogous

#42CC42 #42CC87 #42CCCC

triadic

#42CC87 #8742CC #CC8742

tetradic

#42CC87 #4242CC #CC4287 #CCCC42

square

#42CC87 #4242CC #CC4287 #CCCC42

split-complementary

#42CC87 #CC42CC #CC4242

monochromatic

#1F744A #2CA468 #42CC87 #72D9A6 #A2E6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CC87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#42CC87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC87

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC87	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBC83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.155 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcaa',
    500: '#42cc87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc87;
$custom-light: #87dcaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC87

secondary

#D397B5

accent

#4794E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC87

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

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