#42BC88#42BC88

#42BC88 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC88
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 136)
HSL	hsl(154, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 27.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -46.04, 16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 48.94, 160.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1261 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.133 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6715, 38.8996, 29.4959)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC88 #BC4276

analogous

#42BC4B #42BC88 #42B3BC

triadic

#42BC88 #8842BC #BC8842

tetradic

#42BC88 #4B42BC #BC4276 #B3BC42

square

#42BC88 #4B42BC #BC4276 #B3BC42

split-complementary

#42BC88 #BC42B3 #BC4B42

monochromatic

#226146 #328F67 #42BC88 #6FCCA5 #9CDCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BC88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#42BC88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC88

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC88	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1aa',
    500: '#42bc88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc88;
$custom-light: #84d1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.426,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71389,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC88

secondary

#C991A9

accent

#508AD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC88

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

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