#42CC8A#42CC8A

#42CC8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.152 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC8A
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 138)
HSL	hsl(151, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 32.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -52.10, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 56.70, 156.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1416 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.152 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4244, 46.1758, 31.4546)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC8A #CC4284

analogous

#42CC45 #42CC8A #42C9CC

triadic

#42CC8A #8A42CC #CC8A42

tetradic

#42CC8A #4542CC #CC4284 #C9CC42

square

#42CC8A #4542CC #CC4284 #C9CC42

split-complementary

#42CC8A #CC42C9 #CC4542

monochromatic

#1F744C #2CA46B #42CC8A #72D9A8 #A2E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#42CC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC8A

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC8A	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABD86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.152 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcac',
    500: '#42cc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc8a;
$custom-light: #87dcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.304,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7549,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC8A

secondary

#D397B4

accent

#4791E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC8A

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

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