#42B996#42B996

#42B996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B996
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 18.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -41.56, 8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 42.34, 168.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.1164 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.118 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0980, 38.0555, 34.8710)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B996 #B94265

analogous

#42B95B #42B996 #42A1B9

triadic

#42B996 #9642B9 #B99642

tetradic

#42B996 #5B42B9 #B94265 #A1B942

square

#42B996 #5B42B9 #B94265 #A1B942

split-complementary

#42B996 #B942A1 #B95B42

monochromatic

#225F4D #328C71 #42B996 #6DCBAF #9ADBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42B996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#42B996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B996

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B996	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfb4',
    500: '#42b996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b996;
$custom-light: #84cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70987,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B996

secondary

#C790A0

accent

#5178D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B996

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

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