#42BA99#42BA99

#42BA99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA99
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(164, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 17.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -41.27, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 41.86, 170.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.116 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.117 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5526, 38.5732, 36.2295)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA99 #BA4263

analogous

#42BA5D #42BA99 #429FBA

triadic

#42BA99 #9942BA #BA9942

tetradic

#42BA99 #5D42BA #BA4263 #9FBA42

square

#42BA99 #5D42BA #BA4263 #9FBA42

split-complementary

#42BA99 #BA429F #BA5D42

monochromatic

#22604F #328D74 #42BA99 #6ECBB2 #9BDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#42BA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA99

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA99	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfb7',
    500: '#42ba99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba99;
$custom-light: #84cfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7132,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA99

secondary

#C8909F

accent

#5176D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA99

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

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