#42BE8B#42BE8B

#42BE8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.133 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE8B
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 26.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -46.22, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 48.88, 161.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1268 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.133 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3179, 39.8465, 30.7780)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE8B #BE4275

analogous

#42BE4D #42BE8B #42B3BE

triadic

#42BE8B #8B42BE #BE8B42

tetradic

#42BE8B #4D42BE #BE4275 #B3BE42

square

#42BE8B #4D42BE #BE4275 #B3BE42

split-complementary

#42BE8B #BE42B3 #BE4D42

monochromatic

#226349 #32916A #42BE8B #70CEA7 #9DDDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#42BE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE8B

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE8B	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.133 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2ad',
    500: '#42be8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be8b;
$custom-light: #84d2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71968,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE8B

secondary

#CA92A9

accent

#4F88D8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE8B

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

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