#42BA86#42BA86

#42BA86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.132 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA86
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 134)
HSL	hsl(154, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 28%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -45.65, 16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 48.62, 159.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.125 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.132 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1064, 37.9947, 28.6129)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA86 #BA4276

analogous

#42BA4A #42BA86 #42B2BA

triadic

#42BA86 #8642BA #BA8642

tetradic

#42BA86 #4A42BA #BA4276 #B2BA42

square

#42BA86 #4A42BA #BA4276 #B2BA42

split-complementary

#42BA86 #BA42B2 #BA4A42

monochromatic

#226045 #328D65 #42BA86 #6ECBA3 #9BDBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BA86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#42BA86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA86

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA86	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.132 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfa9',
    500: '#42ba86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba86;
$custom-light: #83cfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70833,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA86

secondary

#C890A8

accent

#518BD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA86

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

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