#42BC8B#42BC8B

#42BC8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.131 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC8B
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 139)
HSL	hsl(156, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -45.38, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 47.82, 161.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1247 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.131 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8877, 38.9861, 30.6346)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC8B #BC4273

analogous

#42BC4E #42BC8B #42B0BC

triadic

#42BC8B #8B42BC #BC8B42

tetradic

#42BC8B #4E42BC #BC4273 #B0BC42

square

#42BC8B #4E42BC #BC4273 #B0BC42

split-complementary

#42BC8B #BC42B0 #BC4E42

monochromatic

#226148 #328F6A #42BC8B #6FCCA7 #9CDCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#42BC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC8B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC8B	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A38E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.131 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1ad',
    500: '#42bc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc8b;
$custom-light: #84d1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.902,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71461,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC8B

secondary

#C991A7

accent

#5087D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC8B

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

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