#42BB86#42BB86

#42BB86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.133 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB86
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 134)
HSL	hsl(154, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 28.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -46.06, 17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 49.16, 159.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.126 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.133 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3178, 38.4176, 28.6834)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB86 #BB4277

analogous

#42BB4A #42BB86 #42B4BB

triadic

#42BB86 #8642BB #BB8642

tetradic

#42BB86 #4A42BB #BB4277 #B4BB42

square

#42BB86 #4A42BB #BB4277 #B4BB42

split-complementary

#42BB86 #BB42B4 #BB4A42

monochromatic

#226145 #328E66 #42BB86 #6ECCA3 #9CDCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BB86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#42BB86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB86

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB86	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)

#B9AE83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.133 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0a9',
    500: '#42bb86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb86;
$custom-light: #84d0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.719,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71087,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB86

secondary

#C891A9

accent

#508CD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB86

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

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