#42BA94#42BA94

#42BA94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.121 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA94
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 148)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 20.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -42.47, 9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 43.53, 167.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.1184 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.121 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1483, 38.4115, 34.1000)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA94 #BA4268

analogous

#42BA58 #42BA94 #42A4BA

triadic

#42BA94 #9442BA #BA9442

tetradic

#42BA94 #5842BA #BA4268 #A4BA42

square

#42BA94 #5842BA #BA4268 #A4BA42

split-complementary

#42BA94 #BA42A4 #BA5842

monochromatic

#22604C #328D70 #42BA94 #6ECBAE #9BDBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BA94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#42BA94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA94

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA94	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.121 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfb3',
    500: '#42ba94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba94;
$custom-light: #84cfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71185,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA94

secondary

#C890A2

accent

#517BD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA94

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

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