#42CE8F#42CE8F

#42CE8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.151 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE8F
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 143)
HSL	hsl(153, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(153, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 30.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -51.86, 20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 55.84, 158.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.1413 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.151 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2731, 47.2808, 33.5646)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE8F #CE4281

analogous

#42CE49 #42CE8F #42C7CE

triadic

#42CE8F #8F42CE #CE8F42

tetradic

#42CE8F #4942CE #CE4281 #C7CE42

square

#42CE8F #4942CE #CE4281 #C7CE42

split-complementary

#42CE8F #CE42C7 #CE4942

monochromatic

#1F774F #2BA770 #42CE8F #73DBAC #A3E7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#42CE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE8F

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE8F	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.151 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb0',
    500: '#42ce8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce8f;
$custom-light: #87deb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76104,
    "c": 0.15073,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE8F

secondary

#D498B3

accent

#468CE2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE8F

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

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