#42BF8B#42BF8B

#42BF8B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.134 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BF8B
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(155, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -46.64, 16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 49.42, 160.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1278 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.134 162)
XYZ	xyz(25.5352, 40.2812, 30.8504)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BF8B #BF4276

analogous

#42BF4C #42BF8B #42B4BF

triadic

#42BF8B #8B42BF #BF8B42

tetradic

#42BF8B #4C42BF #BF4276 #B4BF42

square

#42BF8B #4C42BF #BF4276 #B4BF42

split-complementary

#42BF8B #BF42B4 #BF4C42

monochromatic

#226549 #32926A #42BF8B #70CEA7 #9DDEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BF8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#42BF8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF8B

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BF8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BF8B	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA58E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bf8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.134 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d3ad',
    500: '#42bf8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bf8b;
$custom-light: #84d3ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bf8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.04,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72221,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.40284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BF8B

secondary

#CA93AA

accent

#4F88D9

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BF8B

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

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