#42BB99#42BB99

#42BB99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB99
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 18.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -41.70, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 42.36, 169.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1171 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.119 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7640, 38.9960, 36.3000)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB99 #BB4264

analogous

#42BB5C #42BB99 #42A1BB

triadic

#42BB99 #9942BB #BB9942

tetradic

#42BB99 #5C42BB #BB4264 #A1BB42

square

#42BB99 #5C42BB #BB4264 #A1BB42

split-complementary

#42BB99 #BB42A1 #BB5C42

monochromatic

#22614F #328E74 #42BB99 #6ECCB2 #9CDCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#42BB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB99

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB99	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0b7',
    500: '#42bb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb99;
$custom-light: #84d0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.14,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71571,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB99

secondary

#C891A0

accent

#5076D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB99

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

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