#42CE89#42CE89

#42CE89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.156 H 157.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE89
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 137)
HSL	hsl(150, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(150, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 33.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -53.08, 23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 58.14, 155.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.1441 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.156 157.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8307, 47.1038, 31.2346)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE89 #CE4287

analogous

#42CE43 #42CE89 #42CDCE

triadic

#42CE89 #8942CE #CE8942

tetradic

#42CE89 #4342CE #CE4287 #CDCE42

square

#42CE89 #4342CE #CE4287 #CDCE42

split-complementary

#42CE89 #CE42CD #CE4342

monochromatic

#1F774B #2BA76A #42CE89 #73DBA7 #A3E7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CE89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#42CE89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE89

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE89	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.156 157.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deab',
    500: '#42ce89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce89;
$custom-light: #87deab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75974,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 157.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE89

secondary

#D498B5

accent

#4693E2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE89

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

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