#42BB8A#42BB8A

#42BB8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB8A
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 26.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -45.19, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 47.65, 161.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.1241 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.13 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6021, 38.5313, 30.1806)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB8A #BB4273

analogous

#42BB4D #42BB8A #42B0BB

triadic

#42BB8A #8A42BB #BB8A42

tetradic

#42BB8A #4D42BB #BB4273 #B0BB42

square

#42BB8A #4D42BB #BB4273 #B0BB42

split-complementary

#42BB8A #BB42B0 #BB4D42

monochromatic

#226147 #328E69 #42BB8A #6ECCA6 #9CDCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#42BB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB8A

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB8A	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0ac',
    500: '#42bb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb8a;
$custom-light: #84d0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.702,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71183,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB8A

secondary

#C891A7

accent

#5087D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB8A

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

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