#42BB87#42BB87

#42BB87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.133 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB87
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 135)
HSL	hsl(154, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 27.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -45.84, 16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 48.78, 160.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.1256 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.133 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3879, 38.4456, 29.0524)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB87 #BB4276

analogous

#42BB4B #42BB87 #42B3BB

triadic

#42BB87 #8742BB #BB8742

tetradic

#42BB87 #4B42BB #BB4276 #B3BB42

square

#42BB87 #4B42BB #BB4276 #B3BB42

split-complementary

#42BB87 #BB42B3 #BB4B42

monochromatic

#226146 #328E66 #42BB87 #6ECCA4 #9CDCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BB87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#42BB87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB87

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB87	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.133 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0aa',
    500: '#42bb87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb87;
$custom-light: #84d0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.215,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71111,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB87

secondary

#C891A9

accent

#508AD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB87

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

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