#42CD8B#42CD8B

#42CD8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.153 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD8B
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 139)
HSL	hsl(152, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -52.29, 22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 56.84, 156.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.1421 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.153 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7355, 46.6818, 31.9172)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD8B #CD4284

analogous

#42CD45 #42CD8B #42C9CD

triadic

#42CD8B #8B42CD #CD8B42

tetradic

#42CD8B #4542CD #CD4284 #C9CD42

square

#42CD8B #4542CD #CD4284 #C9CD42

split-complementary

#42CD8B #CD42C9 #CD4542

monochromatic

#1F764C #2CA66C #42CD8B #72DAA9 #A3E7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CD8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#42CD8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD8B

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD8B	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B18F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.153 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddad',
    500: '#42cd8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd8b;
$custom-light: #87ddad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.511,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD8B

secondary

#D397B4

accent

#4690E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD8B

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

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