#42CD8E#42CD8E

#42CD8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.150 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CD8E
RGBrgb(66, 205, 142)
HSLhsl(153, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(153, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.04, -51.67, 20.78)
CIE-LCHlch(74.04, 55.70, 158.09°)
OKLaboklab(75.83% -0.1408 0.0527)
OKLCHoklch(75.83% 0.15 159.5)
XYZxyz(28.9577, 46.7707, 33.0875)
Luminance0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CD8E #CD4281
analogous
#42CD48 #42CD8E #42C6CD
triadic
#42CD8E #8E42CD #CD8E42
tetradic
#42CD8E #4842CD #CD4281 #C6CD42
square
#42CD8E #4842CD #CD4281 #C6CD42
split-complementary
#42CD8E #CD42C6 #CD4842
monochromatic
#1F764E #2CA66F #42CD8E #72DAAB #A3E7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#42CD8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35
#42CD8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD8E
10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CD8E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CD8E1.002.0310.3510.35
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3521.001.001.00
##00000010.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBBE8A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9B192
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CCBC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cd8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.150 159.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddaf',
    500: '#42cd8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cd8e;
$custom-light: #87ddaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cd8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.806,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75829,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CD8E
secondary
#D397B3
accent
#468DE1
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FBF4
border
#CBD4CE
text
#0D1510
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#42CD8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva