#42CE8D#42CE8D

#42CE8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.152 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE8D
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 141)
HSL	hsl(152, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 31.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.33, -52.27, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.33, 56.60, 157.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.1422 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.152 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1230, 47.2207, 32.7738)
Luminance	0.4722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE8D #CE4283

analogous

#42CE47 #42CE8D #42C9CE

triadic

#42CE8D #8D42CE #CE8D42

tetradic

#42CE8D #4742CE #CE4283 #C9CE42

square

#42CE8D #4742CE #CE4283 #C9CE42

split-complementary

#42CE8D #CE42C9 #CE4742

monochromatic

#1F774E #2BA76E #42CE8D #73DBAA #A3E7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#42CE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE8D

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE8D	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBF89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.152 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deae',
    500: '#42ce8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce8d;
$custom-light: #87deae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7606,
    "c": 0.15247,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE8D

secondary

#D498B4

accent

#468EE2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE8D

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

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