#42BB96#42BB96

#42BB96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.121 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB96
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 19.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -42.43, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 43.37, 168.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.1185 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.121 169)
XYZ	xyz(25.5193, 38.8982, 35.0114)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB96 #BB4267

analogous

#42BB5A #42BB96 #42A4BB

triadic

#42BB96 #9642BB #BB9642

tetradic

#42BB96 #5A42BB #BB4267 #A4BB42

square

#42BB96 #5A42BB #BB4267 #A4BB42

split-complementary

#42BB96 #BB42A4 #BB5A42

monochromatic

#22614D #328E72 #42BB96 #6ECCAF #9CDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#42BB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB96

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB96	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.121 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0b4',
    500: '#42bb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb96;
$custom-light: #84d0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.653,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7149,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.38901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB96

secondary

#C891A2

accent

#507AD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB96

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

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