#42BB9D#42BB9D

#42BB9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.116 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB9D
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 16%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -40.72, 5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 41.08, 172.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.1152 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.116 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0999, 39.1304, 38.0692)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB9D #BB4260

analogous

#42BB61 #42BB9D #429DBB

triadic

#42BB9D #9D42BB #BB9D42

tetradic

#42BB9D #6142BB #BB4260 #9DBB42

square

#42BB9D #6142BB #BB4260 #9DBB42

split-complementary

#42BB9D #BB429D #BB6142

monochromatic

#226151 #328E77 #42BB9D #6ECCB5 #9CDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#42BB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB9D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB9D	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.116 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0b9',
    500: '#42bb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb9d;
$custom-light: #84d0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.124,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71683,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB9D

secondary

#C8919E

accent

#5072D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB9D

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

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