#42CF8E#42CF8E

#42CF8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.153 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CF8E
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 142)
HSL	hsl(152, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(152, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 31.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -52.46, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 56.75, 157.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.1428 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.153 159)
XYZ	xyz(29.4392, 47.7336, 33.2480)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CF8E #CF4283

analogous

#42CF47 #42CF8E #42CACF

triadic

#42CF8E #8E42CF #CF8E42

tetradic

#42CF8E #4742CF #CF4283 #CACF42

square

#42CF8E #4742CF #CF4283 #CACF42

split-complementary

#42CF8E #CF42CA #CF4742

monochromatic

#1F784F #2BA96F #42CF8E #73DBAB #A4E8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CF8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#42CF8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF8E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CF8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CF8E	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB292

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cf8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.153 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dfaf',
    500: '#42cf8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cf8e;
$custom-light: #87dfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cf8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.34,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76334,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.47737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CF8E

secondary

#D598B4

accent

#458EE3

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CF8E

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

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