#42BB94#42BB94

#42BB94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.122 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB94
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 148)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -42.90, 10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 44.05, 166.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1194 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.122 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3597, 38.8343, 34.1705)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB94 #BB4269

analogous

#42BB58 #42BB94 #42A6BB

triadic

#42BB94 #9442BB #BB9442

tetradic

#42BB94 #5842BB #BB4269 #A6BB42

square

#42BB94 #5842BB #BB4269 #A6BB42

split-complementary

#42BB94 #BB42A6 #BB5842

monochromatic

#22614C #328E70 #42BB94 #6ECCAE #9CDCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42BB94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#42BB94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB94

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB94	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.122 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0b3',
    500: '#42bb94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb94;
$custom-light: #84d0b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.661,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71436,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB94

secondary

#C891A3

accent

#507CD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB94

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

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