#42BB98#42BB98

#42BB98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB98
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 152)
HSL	hsl(163, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 18.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -41.95, 7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 42.69, 169.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1175 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.119 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6817, 38.9631, 35.8669)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB98 #BB4265

analogous

#42BB5C #42BB98 #42A1BB

triadic

#42BB98 #9842BB #BB9842

tetradic

#42BB98 #5C42BB #BB4265 #A1BB42

square

#42BB98 #5C42BB #BB4265 #A1BB42

split-complementary

#42BB98 #BB42A1 #BB5C42

monochromatic

#22614E #328E73 #42BB98 #6ECCB1 #9CDCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#42BB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB98

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB98	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)

#B6AF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0b6',
    500: '#42bb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb98;
$custom-light: #84d0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.645,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71544,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB98

secondary

#C891A1

accent

#5077D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB98

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

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