#42B99F#42B99F

#42B99F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.113 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B99F
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 159)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -39.33, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 39.49, 174.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.1122 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.113 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8507, 38.3566, 38.8354)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B99F #B9425C

analogous

#42B964 #42B99F #4298B9

triadic

#42B99F #9F42B9 #B99F42

tetradic

#42B99F #6442B9 #B9425C #98B942

square

#42B99F #6442B9 #B9425C #98B942

split-complementary

#42B99F #B94298 #B96442

monochromatic

#225F51 #328C78 #42B99F #6DCBB7 #9ADBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42B99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#42B99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B99F

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B99F	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AE9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.113 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cebb',
    500: '#42b99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b99f;
$custom-light: #84cebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.891,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7124,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B99F

secondary

#C7909C

accent

#516ED7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B99F

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

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