#42CC8F#42CC8F

#42CC8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.148 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC8F
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 143)
HSL	hsl(153, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 29.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -51.07, 19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 54.79, 158.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.1393 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.148 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7947, 46.3240, 33.4052)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC8F #CC427F

analogous

#42CC4A #42CC8F #42C4CC

triadic

#42CC8F #8F42CC #CC8F42

tetradic

#42CC8F #4A42CC #CC427F #C4CC42

square

#42CC8F #4A42CC #CC427F #C4CC42

split-complementary

#42CC8F #CC42C4 #CC4A42

monochromatic

#1F744F #2CA46F #42CC8F #72D9AC #A2E6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#42CC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC8F

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC8F	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.148 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb0',
    500: '#42cc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc8f;
$custom-light: #87dcb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.756,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC8F

secondary

#D397B1

accent

#478BE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC8F

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

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