#42BE85#42BE85

#42BE85 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE85
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 133)
HSL	hsl(152, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(152, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 30%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -47.51, 18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 51.16, 158.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.1296 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.138 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8915, 39.6760, 28.5322)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE85 #BE427B

analogous

#42BE47 #42BE85 #42B9BE

triadic

#42BE85 #8542BE #BE8542

tetradic

#42BE85 #4742BE #BE427B #B9BE42

square

#42BE85 #4742BE #BE427B #B9BE42

split-complementary

#42BE85 #BE42B9 #BE4742

monochromatic

#226345 #329165 #42BE85 #70CEA2 #9DDDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42BE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#42BE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE85

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE85	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2a8',
    500: '#42be85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be85;
$custom-light: #84d2a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.419,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71828,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE85

secondary

#CA92AC

accent

#4F8ED8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE85

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

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