#42BB8D#42BB8D

#42BB8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB8D
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 141)
HSL	hsl(157, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 24.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -44.52, 13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 46.55, 163.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.1227 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.128 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8223, 38.6193, 31.3403)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB8D #BB4270

analogous

#42BB51 #42BB8D #42ADBB

triadic

#42BB8D #8D42BB #BB8D42

tetradic

#42BB8D #5142BB #BB4270 #ADBB42

square

#42BB8D #5142BB #BB4270 #ADBB42

split-complementary

#42BB8D #BB42AD #BB5142

monochromatic

#226149 #328E6B #42BB8D #6ECCA8 #9CDCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#42BB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB8D

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB8D	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0ae',
    500: '#42bb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb8d;
$custom-light: #84d0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.19,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71257,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB8D

secondary

#C891A6

accent

#5084D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB8D

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

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