#42BC86#42BC86

#42BC86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.135 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC86
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 134)
HSL	hsl(153, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -46.48, 17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 49.70, 159.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.1271 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.135 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5307, 38.8433, 28.7544)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC86 #BC4278

analogous

#42BC49 #42BC86 #42B5BC

triadic

#42BC86 #8642BC #BC8642

tetradic

#42BC86 #4942BC #BC4278 #B5BC42

square

#42BC86 #4942BC #BC4278 #B5BC42

split-complementary

#42BC86 #BC42B5 #BC4942

monochromatic

#226145 #328F66 #42BC86 #6FCCA3 #9CDCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BC86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#42BC86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC86

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC86	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAE83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.135 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1a9',
    500: '#42bc86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc86;
$custom-light: #84d1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.443,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71342,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC86

secondary

#C991AA

accent

#508CD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC86

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

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