#42BA8A#42BA8A

#42BA8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA8A
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(156, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 25.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -44.77, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 47.12, 161.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.1231 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.129 163)
XYZ	xyz(24.3907, 38.1085, 30.1101)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA8A #BA4272

analogous

#42BA4E #42BA8A #42AEBA

triadic

#42BA8A #8A42BA #BA8A42

tetradic

#42BA8A #4E42BA #BA4272 #AEBA42

square

#42BA8A #4E42BA #BA4272 #AEBA42

split-complementary

#42BA8A #BA42AE #BA4E42

monochromatic

#226047 #328D68 #42BA8A #6ECBA6 #9BDBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#42BA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA8A

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA8A	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A18D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfac',
    500: '#42ba8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba8a;
$custom-light: #83cfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70929,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.38111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA8A

secondary

#C890A6

accent

#5186D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA8A

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

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