#42CD89#42CD89

#42CD89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.155 H 157.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD89
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 137)
HSL	hsl(151, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 33.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -52.69, 23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 57.61, 156.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.1431 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.155 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5907, 46.6239, 31.1546)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD89 #CD4286

analogous

#42CD43 #42CD89 #42CCCD

triadic

#42CD89 #8942CD #CD8942

tetradic

#42CD89 #4342CD #CD4286 #CCCD42

square

#42CD89 #4342CD #CD4286 #CCCD42

split-complementary

#42CD89 #CD42CC #CD4342

monochromatic

#1F764B #2CA66A #42CD89 #72DAA7 #A3E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#42CD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD89

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD89	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.155 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddab',
    500: '#42cd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd89;
$custom-light: #87ddab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.647,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75721,
    "c": 0.15467,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD89

secondary

#D397B5

accent

#4692E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD89

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

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