#42CC8B#42CC8B

#42CC8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.152 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC8B
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 139)
HSL	hsl(152, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 31.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -51.89, 21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 56.31, 157.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.1411 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.152 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4971, 46.2049, 31.8377)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC8B #CC4283

analogous

#42CC46 #42CC8B #42C8CC

triadic

#42CC8B #8B42CC #CC8B42

tetradic

#42CC8B #4642CC #CC4283 #C8CC42

square

#42CC8B #4642CC #CC4283 #C8CC42

split-complementary

#42CC8B #CC42C8 #CC4642

monochromatic

#1F744C #2CA46C #42CC8B #72D9A9 #A2E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#42CC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC8B

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC8B	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)

#CABD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.152 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcad',
    500: '#42cc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc8b;
$custom-light: #87dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75511,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC8B

secondary

#D397B3

accent

#478FE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC8B

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

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