#42BC85#42BC85

#42BC85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.136 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC85
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 133)
HSL	hsl(153, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 29.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -46.69, 18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 50.08, 158.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1275 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.136 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4613, 38.8156, 28.3888)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC85 #BC4279

analogous

#42BC48 #42BC85 #42B6BC

triadic

#42BC85 #8542BC #BC8542

tetradic

#42BC85 #4842BC #BC4279 #B6BC42

square

#42BC85 #4842BC #BC4279 #B6BC42

split-complementary

#42BC85 #BC42B6 #BC4842

monochromatic

#226145 #328F65 #42BC85 #6FCCA2 #9CDCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42BC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#42BC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC85

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC85	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)

#BAAE82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.136 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1a8',
    500: '#42bc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc85;
$custom-light: #84d1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.951,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71319,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC85

secondary

#C991AA

accent

#508DD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC85

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

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