#42BC8F#42BC8F

#42BC8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.127 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC8F
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 143)
HSL	hsl(158, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(158, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 23.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -44.49, 13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 46.35, 163.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.1228 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.127 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1853, 39.1052, 32.2020)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC8F #BC426F

analogous

#42BC52 #42BC8F #42ACBC

triadic

#42BC8F #8F42BC #BC8F42

tetradic

#42BC8F #5242BC #BC426F #ACBC42

square

#42BC8F #5242BC #BC426F #ACBC42

split-complementary

#42BC8F #BC42AC #BC5242

monochromatic

#22614A #328F6D #42BC8F #6FCCAA #9CDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#42BC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC8F

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC8F	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)

#B8AF8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1af',
    500: '#42bc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc8f;
$custom-light: #84d1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.869,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7156,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC8F

secondary

#C991A6

accent

#5082D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC8F

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

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