#42B886#42B886

#42B886 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B886
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 134)
HSL	hsl(155, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 27.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -44.81, 15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 47.54, 160.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.1229 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.129 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6880, 37.1580, 28.4735)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B886 #B84274

analogous

#42B84B #42B886 #42AFB8

triadic

#42B886 #8642B8 #B88642

tetradic

#42B886 #4B42B8 #B84274 #AFB842

square

#42B886 #4B42B8 #B84274 #AFB842

split-complementary

#42B886 #B842AF #B84B42

monochromatic

#225E44 #328B65 #42B886 #6DCBA3 #9ADBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42B886 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#42B886 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B886

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B886	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B886	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b886;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cea9',
    500: '#42b886',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b886;
$custom-light: #83cea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b886",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.576,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70324,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B886

secondary

#C78FA7

accent

#518AD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B886

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

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