#42CC8C#42CC8C

#42CC8C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.151 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC8C
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 140)
HSL	hsl(152, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 31.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -51.69, 21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 55.93, 157.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.1407 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.151 159)
XYZ	xyz(28.5705, 46.2343, 32.2243)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC8C #CC4282

analogous

#42CC47 #42CC8C #42C7CC

triadic

#42CC8C #8C42CC #CC8C42

tetradic

#42CC8C #4742CC #CC4282 #C7CC42

square

#42CC8C #4742CC #CC4282 #C7CC42

split-complementary

#42CC8C #CC42C7 #CC4742

monochromatic

#1F744D #2CA46D #42CC8C #72D9A9 #A2E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CC8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#42CC8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC8C

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC8C	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.151 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcae',
    500: '#42cc8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc8c;
$custom-light: #87dcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75533,
    "c": 0.15072,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.46237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC8C

secondary

#D397B3

accent

#478EE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC8C

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

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