#42CD8F#42CD8F

#42CD8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.149 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD8F
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 143)
HSL	hsl(153, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 30.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -51.46, 20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 55.32, 158.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.1403 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.149 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0331, 46.8009, 33.4846)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD8F #CD4280

analogous

#42CD49 #42CD8F #42C6CD

triadic

#42CD8F #8F42CD #CD8F42

tetradic

#42CD8F #4942CD #CD4280 #C6CD42

square

#42CD8F #4942CD #CD4280 #C6CD42

split-complementary

#42CD8F #CD42C6 #CD4942

monochromatic

#1F764F #2CA66F #42CD8F #72DAAC #A3E7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CD8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#42CD8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD8F

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD8F	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.149 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddb0',
    500: '#42cd8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd8f;
$custom-light: #87ddb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.237,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75852,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD8F

secondary

#D397B2

accent

#468CE1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD8F

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

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