#42BD86#42BD86

#42BD86 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.136 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD86
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 134)
HSL	hsl(153, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 29.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -46.89, 18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 50.24, 158.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1281 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.136 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7450, 39.2720, 28.8258)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD86 #BD4279

analogous

#42BD49 #42BD86 #42B6BD

triadic

#42BD86 #8642BD #BD8642

tetradic

#42BD86 #4942BD #BD4279 #B6BD42

square

#42BD86 #4942BD #BD4279 #B6BD42

split-complementary

#42BD86 #BD42B6 #BD4942

monochromatic

#226246 #329066 #42BD86 #6FCDA3 #9DDDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BD86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#42BD86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD86

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD86	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)

#BBAF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.136 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2a9',
    500: '#42bd86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd86;
$custom-light: #84d2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.171,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71596,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD86

secondary

#C992AA

accent

#508DD8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD86

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

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