#42BC8E#42BC8E

#42BC8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.128 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC8E
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 142)
HSL	hsl(157, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -44.71, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 46.71, 163.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1233 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.128 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1099, 39.0750, 31.8049)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC8E #BC4270

analogous

#42BC51 #42BC8E #42ADBC

triadic

#42BC8E #8E42BC #BC8E42

tetradic

#42BC8E #5142BC #BC4270 #ADBC42

square

#42BC8E #5142BC #BC4270 #ADBC42

split-complementary

#42BC8E #BC42AD #BC5142

monochromatic

#22614A #328F6C #42BC8E #6FCCA9 #9CDCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#42BC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC8E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC8E	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.128 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1af',
    500: '#42bc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc8e;
$custom-light: #84d1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.377,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71535,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC8E

secondary

#C991A6

accent

#5083D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC8E

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

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