#42BC89#42BC89

#42BC89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.132 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC89
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 137)
HSL	hsl(155, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -45.83, 16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 48.56, 160.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.1257 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.132 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7429, 38.9282, 29.8720)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC89 #BC4275

analogous

#42BC4C #42BC89 #42B2BC

triadic

#42BC89 #8942BC #BC8942

tetradic

#42BC89 #4C42BC #BC4275 #B2BC42

square

#42BC89 #4C42BC #BC4275 #B2BC42

split-complementary

#42BC89 #BC42B2 #BC4C42

monochromatic

#226147 #328F68 #42BC89 #6FCCA5 #9CDCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#42BC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC89

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC89	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.132 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1ab',
    500: '#42bc89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc89;
$custom-light: #84d1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.918,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71413,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC89

secondary

#C991A8

accent

#5089D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC89

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

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