#42BC80#42BC80

#42BC80 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.140 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC80
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 128)
HSL	hsl(150, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(150, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -47.73, 20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 52.02, 156.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1299 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.14 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1240, 38.6807, 26.6126)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC80 #BC427E

analogous

#42BC43 #42BC80 #42BBBC

triadic

#42BC80 #8042BC #BC8042

tetradic

#42BC80 #4342BC #BC427E #BBBC42

square

#42BC80 #4342BC #BC427E #BBBC42

split-complementary

#42BC80 #BC42BB #BC4342

monochromatic

#226142 #328F61 #42BC80 #6FCC9E #9CDCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42BC80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#42BC80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC80

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC80	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.140 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1a5',
    500: '#42bc80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc80;
$custom-light: #84d1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.492,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC80

secondary

#C991AC

accent

#5093D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC80

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

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