#42CD8D#42CD8D

#42CD8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.151 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD8D
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 141)
HSL	hsl(152, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -51.88, 21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 56.08, 157.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.1412 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.151 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8830, 46.7408, 32.6938)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD8D #CD4282

analogous

#42CD47 #42CD8D #42C7CD

triadic

#42CD8D #8D42CD #CD8D42

tetradic

#42CD8D #4742CD #CD4282 #C7CD42

square

#42CD8D #4742CD #CD4282 #C7CD42

split-complementary

#42CD8D #CD42C7 #CD4742

monochromatic

#1F764E #2CA66E #42CD8D #72DAAA #A3E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#42CD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD8D

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD8D	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBE89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B191

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.151 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddae',
    500: '#42cd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd8d;
$custom-light: #87ddae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.374,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75807,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD8D

secondary

#D397B3

accent

#468EE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD8D

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

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