#42CD8A#42CD8A

#42CD8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.154 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD8A
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(151, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -52.49, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 57.23, 156.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.1426 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.154 158)
XYZ	xyz(28.6628, 46.6527, 31.5341)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD8A #CD4285

analogous

#42CD44 #42CD8A #42CBCD

triadic

#42CD8A #8A42CD #CD8A42

tetradic

#42CD8A #4442CD #CD4285 #CBCD42

square

#42CD8A #4442CD #CD4285 #CBCD42

split-complementary

#42CD8A #CD42CB #CD4442

monochromatic

#1F764C #2CA66B #42CD8A #72DAA8 #A3E7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#42CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD8A

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD8A	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)

#CBBD86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.154 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddac',
    500: '#42cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd8a;
$custom-light: #87ddac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.079,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75742,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.46656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD8A

secondary

#D397B4

accent

#4691E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD8A

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

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