#42BE8F#42BE8F

#42BE8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE8F
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 143)
HSL	hsl(157, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 24.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -45.33, 13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 47.41, 162.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1249 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.13 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6155, 39.9656, 32.3454)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE8F #BE4271

analogous

#42BE51 #42BE8F #42AFBE

triadic

#42BE8F #8F42BE #BE8F42

tetradic

#42BE8F #5142BE #BE4271 #AFBE42

square

#42BE8F #5142BE #BE4271 #AFBE42

split-complementary

#42BE8F #BE42AF #BE5142

monochromatic

#22634B #32916D #42BE8F #70CEAA #9DDDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42BE8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#42BE8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE8F

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE8F	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2af',
    500: '#42be8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be8f;
$custom-light: #84d2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.258,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE8F

secondary

#CA92A7

accent

#4F83D8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE8F

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

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