#42BB8B#42BB8B

#42BB8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.129 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB8B
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 139)
HSL	hsl(156, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 25.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -44.97, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 47.28, 161.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1237 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.129 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6748, 38.5604, 30.5636)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB8B #BB4272

analogous

#42BB4E #42BB8B #42AFBB

triadic

#42BB8B #8B42BB #BB8B42

tetradic

#42BB8B #4E42BB #BB4272 #AFBB42

square

#42BB8B #4E42BB #BB4272 #AFBB42

split-complementary

#42BB8B #BB42AF #BB4E42

monochromatic

#226148 #328E69 #42BB8B #6ECCA7 #9CDCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#42BB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB8B

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB8B	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)

#B8AE88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A28E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.129 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0ad',
    500: '#42bb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb8b;
$custom-light: #84d0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.198,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71207,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB8B

secondary

#C891A7

accent

#5086D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB8B

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

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