#42CE8E#42CE8E

#42CE8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.152 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE8E
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 142)
HSL	hsl(153, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 31.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -52.07, 21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 56.22, 157.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.1418 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.152 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1977, 47.2506, 33.1675)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE8E #CE4282

analogous

#42CE48 #42CE8E #42C8CE

triadic

#42CE8E #8E42CE #CE8E42

tetradic

#42CE8E #4842CE #CE4282 #C8CE42

square

#42CE8E #4842CE #CE4282 #C8CE42

split-complementary

#42CE8E #CE42C8 #CE4842

monochromatic

#1F774F #2BA76F #42CE8E #73DBAB #A3E7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#42CE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE8E

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE8E	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.152 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deaf',
    500: '#42ce8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce8e;
$custom-light: #87deaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76082,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE8E

secondary

#D498B3

accent

#468DE2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE8E

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

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