#42BB9E#42BB9E

#42BB9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.115 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB9E
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 158)
HSL	hsl(166, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -40.48, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 40.77, 173.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.1147 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.115 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1856, 39.1647, 38.5206)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB9E #BB425F

analogous

#42BB62 #42BB9E #429CBB

triadic

#42BB9E #9E42BB #BB9E42

tetradic

#42BB9E #6242BB #BB425F #9CBB42

square

#42BB9E #6242BB #BB425F #9CBB42

split-complementary

#42BB9E #BB429C #BB6242

monochromatic

#226152 #328E78 #42BB9E #6ECCB5 #9CDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#42BB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB9E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB9E	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)

#B5AF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.115 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0ba',
    500: '#42bb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb9e;
$custom-light: #84d0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.62,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71711,
    "c": 0.11541,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB9E

secondary

#C8919E

accent

#5071D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB9E

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

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