#42CC8D#42CC8D

#42CC8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.150 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC8D
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 141)
HSL	hsl(153, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 30.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -51.48, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 55.55, 157.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1402 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.15 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6446, 46.2639, 32.6144)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC8D #CC4281

analogous

#42CC48 #42CC8D #42C6CC

triadic

#42CC8D #8D42CC #CC8D42

tetradic

#42CC8D #4842CC #CC4281 #C6CC42

square

#42CC8D #4842CC #CC4281 #C6CC42

split-complementary

#42CC8D #CC42C6 #CC4842

monochromatic

#1F744D #2CA46E #42CC8D #72D9AA #A2E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#42CC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC8D

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC8D	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)

#CABD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B091

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.150 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcae',
    500: '#42cc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc8d;
$custom-light: #87dcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.14986,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC8D

secondary

#D397B2

accent

#478DE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC8D

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

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