#42BC90#42BC90

#42BC90 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC90
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 144)
HSL	hsl(158, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(158, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 23.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -44.26, 12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 45.99, 164.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1224 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.126 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2614, 39.1356, 32.6028)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC90 #BC426E

analogous

#42BC53 #42BC90 #42ABBC

triadic

#42BC90 #9042BC #BC9042

tetradic

#42BC90 #5342BC #BC426E #ABBC42

square

#42BC90 #5342BC #BC426E #ABBC42

split-complementary

#42BC90 #BC42AB #BC5342

monochromatic

#22614B #328F6D #42BC90 #6FCCAB #9CDCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BC90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#42BC90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC90

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC90	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b0',
    500: '#42bc90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc90;
$custom-light: #84d1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.361,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71585,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC90

secondary

#C991A5

accent

#5081D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC90

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

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