#42BC84#42BC84

#42BC84 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.136 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC84
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 132)
HSL	hsl(152, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(152, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 29.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -46.90, 18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 50.47, 158.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.128 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.136 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3925, 38.7880, 28.0267)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC84 #BC427A

analogous

#42BC47 #42BC84 #42B7BC

triadic

#42BC84 #8442BC #BC8442

tetradic

#42BC84 #4742BC #BC427A #B7BC42

square

#42BC84 #4742BC #BC427A #B7BC42

split-complementary

#42BC84 #BC42B7 #BC4742

monochromatic

#226144 #328F64 #42BC84 #6FCCA1 #9CDCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42BC84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#42BC84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC84

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC84	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.136 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1a8',
    500: '#42bc84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc84;
$custom-light: #84d1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.459,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71296,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC84

secondary

#C991AB

accent

#508ED8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC84

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

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