#42BC8A#42BC8A

#42BC8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.131 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC8A
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 138)
HSL	hsl(155, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -45.61, 15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 48.19, 161.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1252 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.131 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8149, 38.9570, 30.2515)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC8A #BC4274

analogous

#42BC4D #42BC8A #42B1BC

triadic

#42BC8A #8A42BC #BC8A42

tetradic

#42BC8A #4D42BC #BC4274 #B1BC42

square

#42BC8A #4D42BC #BC4274 #B1BC42

split-complementary

#42BC8A #BC42B1 #BC4D42

monochromatic

#226147 #328F69 #42BC8A #6FCCA6 #9CDCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#42BC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC8A

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC8A	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)

#B9AF87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.131 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1ac',
    500: '#42bc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc8a;
$custom-light: #84d1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.41,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71437,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC8A

secondary

#C991A8

accent

#5088D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC8A

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

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