#42BC87#42BC87

#42BC87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.134 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC87
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 135)
HSL	hsl(154, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 28.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -46.26, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 49.32, 159.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.1266 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.134 161)
XYZ	xyz(24.6008, 38.8713, 29.1234)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC87 #BC4277

analogous

#42BC4A #42BC87 #42B4BC

triadic

#42BC87 #8742BC #BC8742

tetradic

#42BC87 #4A42BC #BC4277 #B4BC42

square

#42BC87 #4A42BC #BC4277 #B4BC42

split-complementary

#42BC87 #BC42B4 #BC4A42

monochromatic

#226146 #328F66 #42BC87 #6FCCA4 #9CDCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BC87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#42BC87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC87

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC87	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)

#B9AE84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.134 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1aa',
    500: '#42bc87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc87;
$custom-light: #84d1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.934,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71365,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.38874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC87

secondary

#C991A9

accent

#508BD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC87

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

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