#42BE8D#42BE8D

#42BE8D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE8D
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(156, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -45.78, 14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 48.14, 161.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1259 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.131 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4654, 39.9055, 31.5546)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE8D #BE4273

analogous

#42BE4F #42BE8D #42B1BE

triadic

#42BE8D #8D42BE #BE8D42

tetradic

#42BE8D #4F42BE #BE4273 #B1BE42

square

#42BE8D #4F42BE #BE4273 #B1BE42

split-complementary

#42BE8D #BE42B1 #BE4F42

monochromatic

#22634A #32916B #42BE8D #70CEA8 #9DDDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#42BE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE8D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE8D	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB18A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2ae',
    500: '#42be8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be8d;
$custom-light: #84d2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.29,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE8D

secondary

#CA92A8

accent

#4F86D8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE8D

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

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