#42BD85#42BD85

#42BD85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.137 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD85
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 133)
HSL	hsl(153, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 29.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -47.10, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 50.62, 158.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1286 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.137 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6756, 39.2443, 28.4602)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD85 #BD427A

analogous

#42BD48 #42BD85 #42B7BD

triadic

#42BD85 #8542BD #BD8542

tetradic

#42BD85 #4842BD #BD427A #B7BD42

square

#42BD85 #4842BD #BD427A #B7BD42

split-complementary

#42BD85 #BD42B7 #BD4842

monochromatic

#226245 #329065 #42BD85 #6FCDA2 #9DDDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#42BD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD85

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD85	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.137 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2a8',
    500: '#42bd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd85;
$custom-light: #84d2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.683,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71573,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD85

secondary

#C992AB

accent

#508ED8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD85

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

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