#42BF8A#42BF8A

#42BF8A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.135 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BF8A
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 138)
HSL	hsl(155, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -46.85, 16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 49.79, 160.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.1283 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.135 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4625, 40.2521, 30.4674)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BF8A #BF4277

analogous

#42BF4B #42BF8A #42B5BF

triadic

#42BF8A #8A42BF #BF8A42

tetradic

#42BF8A #4B42BF #BF4277 #B5BF42

square

#42BF8A #4B42BF #BF4277 #B5BF42

split-complementary

#42BF8A #BF42B5 #BF4B42

monochromatic

#226548 #329269 #42BF8A #70CEA6 #9DDEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#42BF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF8A

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BF8A	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bf8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.135 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3ac',
    500: '#42bf8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bf8a;
$custom-light: #84d3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bf8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.56,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72198,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BF8A

secondary

#CA93AA

accent

#4F89D9

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BF8A

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

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