#42BB95#42BB95

#42BB95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.121 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB95
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 149)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 20.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -42.66, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 43.71, 167.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.119 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.121 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4391, 38.8661, 34.5892)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB95 #BB4268

analogous

#42BB59 #42BB95 #42A5BB

triadic

#42BB95 #9542BB #BB9542

tetradic

#42BB95 #5942BB #BB4268 #A5BB42

square

#42BB95 #5942BB #BB4268 #A5BB42

split-complementary

#42BB95 #BB42A5 #BB5942

monochromatic

#22614D #328E71 #42BB95 #6ECCAF #9CDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BB95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#42BB95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB95

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB95	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B6AF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.121 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0b4',
    500: '#42bb95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb95;
$custom-light: #84d0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.157,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71463,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB95

secondary

#C891A2

accent

#507BD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB95

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

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