#42B99E#42B99E

#42B99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B99E
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 14.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -39.59, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 39.79, 174.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1126 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.113 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7643, 38.3220, 38.3802)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B99E #B9425D

analogous

#42B963 #42B99E #4298B9

triadic

#42B99E #9E42B9 #B99E42

tetradic

#42B99E #6342B9 #B9425D #98B942

square

#42B99E #6342B9 #B9425D #98B942

split-complementary

#42B99E #B94298 #B96342

monochromatic

#225F51 #328C77 #42B99E #6DCBB6 #9ADBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42B99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#42B99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B99E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B99E	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfba',
    500: '#42b99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b99e;
$custom-light: #84cfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.387,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71211,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B99E

secondary

#C7909C

accent

#516FD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B99E

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

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