#42CC89#42CC89

#42CC89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.153 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CC89
RGBrgb(66, 204, 137)
HSLhsl(151, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(151, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 0%, 32.8%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(73.64, -52.30, 22.87)
CIE-LCHlch(73.64, 57.08, 156.38°)
OKLaboklab(75.47% -0.1421 0.0578)
OKLCHoklch(75.47% 0.153 157.9)
XYZxyz(28.3523, 46.1470, 31.0751)
Luminance0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CC89 #CC4285
analogous
#42CC44 #42CC89 #42CACC
triadic
#42CC89 #8942CC #CC8942
tetradic
#42CC89 #4442CC #CC4285 #CACC42
square
#42CC89 #4442CC #CC4285 #CACC42
split-complementary
#42CC89 #CC42CA #CC4442
monochromatic
#1F744B #2CA46A #42CC89 #72D9A7 #A2E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05
#42CC89 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23
#42CC89 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC89
10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CC89#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CC891.002.0510.2310.23
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2321.001.001.00
##00000010.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CABC85
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9B08D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBBA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cc89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.153 157.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcab',
    500: '#42cc89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cc89;
$custom-light: #87dcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cc89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75468,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CC89
secondary
#D397B4
accent
#4792E1
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0D1510
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC89

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#42CC89 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva