#42BC8D#42BC8D

#42BC8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.129 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC8D
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 141)
HSL	hsl(157, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -44.94, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 47.08, 162.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1238 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.129 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0351, 39.0451, 31.4112)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC8D #BC4271

analogous

#42BC50 #42BC8D #42AEBC

triadic

#42BC8D #8D42BC #BC8D42

tetradic

#42BC8D #5042BC #BC4271 #AEBC42

square

#42BC8D #5042BC #BC4271 #AEBC42

split-complementary

#42BC8D #BC42AE #BC5042

monochromatic

#226149 #328F6B #42BC8D #6FCCA8 #9CDCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#42BC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC8D

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC8D	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.129 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1ae',
    500: '#42bc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc8d;
$custom-light: #84d1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.885,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7151,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC8D

secondary

#C991A7

accent

#5084D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC8D

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

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