#42BA95#42BA95

#42BA95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA95
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 149)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 19.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -42.23, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 43.19, 167.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1179 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.12 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2277, 38.4433, 34.5187)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA95 #BA4267

analogous

#42BA59 #42BA95 #42A3BA

triadic

#42BA95 #9542BA #BA9542

tetradic

#42BA95 #5942BA #BA4267 #A3BA42

square

#42BA95 #5942BA #BA4267 #A3BA42

split-complementary

#42BA95 #BA42A3 #BA5942

monochromatic

#22604D #328D71 #42BA95 #6ECBAF #9BDBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BA95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#42BA95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA95

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA95	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfb4',
    500: '#42ba95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba95;
$custom-light: #84cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71211,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA95

secondary

#C890A1

accent

#517AD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA95

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

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