#42BB89#42BB89

#42BB89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.131 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB89
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 137)
HSL	hsl(155, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 26.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -45.41, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 48.03, 160.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.1246 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.131 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5300, 38.5024, 29.8010)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB89 #BB4274

analogous

#42BB4D #42BB89 #42B0BB

triadic

#42BB89 #8942BB #BB8942

tetradic

#42BB89 #4D42BB #BB4274 #B0BB42

square

#42BB89 #4D42BB #BB4274 #B0BB42

split-complementary

#42BB89 #BB42B0 #BB4D42

monochromatic

#226147 #328E68 #42BB89 #6ECCA5 #9CDCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BB89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#42BB89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB89

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB89	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	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)

#B8AE86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.131 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0ab',
    500: '#42bb89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb89;
$custom-light: #84d0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.207,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71159,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB89

secondary

#C891A8

accent

#5088D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB89

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

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