#42CC8E#42CC8E

#42CC8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.149 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC8E
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 142)
HSL	hsl(153, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 30.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -51.27, 20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 55.17, 158.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.1398 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.149 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7193, 46.2938, 33.0080)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC8E #CC4280

analogous

#42CC49 #42CC8E #42C5CC

triadic

#42CC8E #8E42CC #CC8E42

tetradic

#42CC8E #4942CC #CC4280 #C5CC42

square

#42CC8E #4942CC #CC4280 #C5CC42

split-complementary

#42CC8E #CC42C5 #CC4942

monochromatic

#1F744E #2CA46E #42CC8E #72D9AB #A2E6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#42CC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC8E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC8E	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABD8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B092

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.149 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcaf',
    500: '#42cc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc8e;
$custom-light: #87dcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75577,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC8E

secondary

#D397B2

accent

#478CE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC8E

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

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