#42BB85#42BB85

#42BB85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.134 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB85
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 133)
HSL	hsl(153, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 28.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -46.28, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 49.54, 159.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.1265 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.134 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2484, 38.3898, 28.3178)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB85 #BB4278

analogous

#42BB49 #42BB85 #42B5BB

triadic

#42BB85 #8542BB #BB8542

tetradic

#42BB85 #4942BB #BB4278 #B5BB42

square

#42BB85 #4942BB #BB4278 #B5BB42

split-complementary

#42BB85 #BB42B5 #BB4942

monochromatic

#226145 #328E65 #42BB85 #6ECCA2 #9CDCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BB85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#42BB85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB85

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB85	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AD82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.134 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0a8',
    500: '#42bb85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb85;
$custom-light: #84d0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.223,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71064,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB85

secondary

#C891A9

accent

#508DD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB85

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

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