#42BB97#42BB97

#42BB97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB97
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 19.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -42.19, 8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 43.03, 168.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.118 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.12 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6002, 38.9305, 35.4373)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB97 #BB4266

analogous

#42BB5B #42BB97 #42A2BB

triadic

#42BB97 #9742BB #BB9742

tetradic

#42BB97 #5B42BB #BB4266 #A2BB42

square

#42BB97 #5B42BB #BB4266 #A2BB42

split-complementary

#42BB97 #BB42A2 #BB5B42

monochromatic

#22614E #328E72 #42BB97 #6ECCB0 #9CDCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#42BB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB97

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB97	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0b5',
    500: '#42bb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb97;
$custom-light: #84d0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.149,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71517,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB97

secondary

#C891A1

accent

#5079D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB97

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

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