#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
RGBrgb(66, 205, 138)
HSLhsl(151, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(151, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.97, -52.49, 22.79)
CIE-LCHlch(73.97, 57.23, 156.53°)
OKLaboklab(75.74% -0.1426 0.0576)
OKLCHoklch(75.74% 0.154 158)
XYZxyz(28.6628, 46.6527, 31.5341)
Luminance0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42CD8A1.002.0310.3310.33
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3321.001.001.00
##00000010.3321.001.001.00

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

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#42CD8A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva