#42CE8B#42CE8B

#42CE8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.154 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE8B
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 139)
HSL	hsl(151, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(151, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 32.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -52.68, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 57.37, 156.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.1431 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.154 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9755, 47.1617, 31.9972)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE8B #CE4285

analogous

#42CE45 #42CE8B #42CBCE

triadic

#42CE8B #8B42CE #CE8B42

tetradic

#42CE8B #4542CE #CE4285 #CBCE42

square

#42CE8B #4542CE #CE4285 #CBCE42

split-complementary

#42CE8B #CE42CB #CE4542

monochromatic

#1F774D #2BA76C #42CE8B #73DBA9 #A3E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#42CE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE8B

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE8B	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.154 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dead',
    500: '#42ce8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce8b;
$custom-light: #87dead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76016,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE8B

secondary

#D498B5

accent

#4691E2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE8B

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

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