#42BE8A#42BE8A

#42BE8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.134 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE8A
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(155, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -46.44, 16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 49.26, 160.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.1273 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.134 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2452, 39.8174, 30.3949)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE8A #BE4276

analogous

#42BE4C #42BE8A #42B4BE

triadic

#42BE8A #8A42BE #BE8A42

tetradic

#42BE8A #4C42BE #BE4276 #B4BE42

square

#42BE8A #4C42BE #BE4276 #B4BE42

split-complementary

#42BE8A #BE42B4 #BE4C42

monochromatic

#226348 #329169 #42BE8A #70CEA6 #9DDDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#42BE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE8A

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE8A	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.134 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2ac',
    500: '#42be8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be8a;
$custom-light: #84d2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.839,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE8A

secondary

#CA92A9

accent

#4F89D8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE8A

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

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