#42BD87#42BD87

#42BD87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.135 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD87
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 135)
HSL	hsl(154, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(154, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 28.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -46.67, 17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 49.86, 159.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.1277 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.135 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8151, 39.3001, 29.1949)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD87 #BD4278

analogous

#42BD4A #42BD87 #42B5BD

triadic

#42BD87 #8742BD #BD8742

tetradic

#42BD87 #4A42BD #BD4278 #B5BD42

square

#42BD87 #4A42BD #BD4278 #B5BD42

split-complementary

#42BD87 #BD42B5 #BD4A42

monochromatic

#226246 #329067 #42BD87 #6FCDA4 #9DDDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#42BD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD87

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD87	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.135 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2aa',
    500: '#42bd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd87;
$custom-light: #84d2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.659,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71619,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD87

secondary

#C992AA

accent

#508CD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD87

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

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