#42BC83#42BC83

#42BC83 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.137 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC83
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 131)
HSL	hsl(152, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(152, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -47.11, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 50.85, 157.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.1285 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.137 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3244, 38.7608, 27.6680)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC83 #BC427B

analogous

#42BC46 #42BC83 #42B8BC

triadic

#42BC83 #8342BC #BC8342

tetradic

#42BC83 #4642BC #BC427B #B8BC42

square

#42BC83 #4642BC #BC427B #B8BC42

split-complementary

#42BC83 #BC42B8 #BC4642

monochromatic

#226144 #328F63 #42BC83 #6FCCA1 #9CDCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42BC83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#42BC83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC83

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC83	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.137 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1a7',
    500: '#42bc83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc83;
$custom-light: #84d1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.967,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71273,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC83

secondary

#C991AB

accent

#508FD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC83

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

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