#42BD8A#42BD8A

#42BD8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD8A
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 138)
HSL	hsl(155, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 27%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -46.02, 16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 48.72, 160.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1262 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.133 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0293, 39.3858, 30.3230)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD8A #BD4275

analogous

#42BD4D #42BD8A #42B2BD

triadic

#42BD8A #8A42BD #BD8A42

tetradic

#42BD8A #4D42BD #BD4275 #B2BD42

square

#42BD8A #4D42BD #BD4275 #B2BD42

split-complementary

#42BD8A #BD42B2 #BD4D42

monochromatic

#226248 #329069 #42BD8A #6FCDA6 #9DDDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#42BD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD8A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD8A	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2ac',
    500: '#42bd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd8a;
$custom-light: #84d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.122,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7169,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD8A

secondary

#C992A9

accent

#5088D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD8A

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

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