#42BE87#42BE87

#42BE87 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.137 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE87
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 135)
HSL	hsl(153, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(153, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 28.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -47.09, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 50.39, 159.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.1287 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.137 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0310, 39.7318, 29.2668)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE87 #BE4279

analogous

#42BE49 #42BE87 #42B7BE

triadic

#42BE87 #8742BE #BE8742

tetradic

#42BE87 #4942BE #BE4279 #B7BE42

square

#42BE87 #4942BE #BE4279 #B7BE42

split-complementary

#42BE87 #BE42B7 #BE4942

monochromatic

#226346 #329167 #42BE87 #70CEA4 #9DDDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42BE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#42BE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE87

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE87	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.137 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2aa',
    500: '#42be87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be87;
$custom-light: #84d2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.387,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71874,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE87

secondary

#CA92AB

accent

#4F8CD8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE87

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

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