#42BB88#42BB88

#42BB88 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.132 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB88
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 136)
HSL	hsl(155, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 27.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -45.63, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 48.40, 160.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.1251 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.132 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4586, 38.4739, 29.4250)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB88 #BB4275

analogous

#42BB4C #42BB88 #42B1BB

triadic

#42BB88 #8842BB #BB8842

tetradic

#42BB88 #4C42BB #BB4275 #B1BB42

square

#42BB88 #4C42BB #BB4275 #B1BB42

split-complementary

#42BB88 #BB42B1 #BB4C42

monochromatic

#226146 #328E67 #42BB88 #6ECCA4 #9CDCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BB88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#42BB88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB88

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB88	1.00	2.42	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0aa',
    500: '#42bb88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb88;
$custom-light: #84d0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.711,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71135,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB88

secondary

#C891A8

accent

#5089D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB88

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

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