#42BC91#42BC91

#42BC91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC91
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 145)
HSL	hsl(159, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 22.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -44.03, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 45.63, 164.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1219 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.126 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3382, 39.1663, 33.0071)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC91 #BC426D

analogous

#42BC54 #42BC91 #42AABC

triadic

#42BC91 #9142BC #BC9142

tetradic

#42BC91 #5442BC #BC426D #AABC42

square

#42BC91 #5442BC #BC426D #AABC42

split-complementary

#42BC91 #BC42AA #BC5442

monochromatic

#22614B #328F6E #42BC91 #6FCCAB #9CDCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BC91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#42BC91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC91

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC91	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)

#B8AF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b1',
    500: '#42bc91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc91;
$custom-light: #84d1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.852,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71611,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC91

secondary

#C991A5

accent

#5080D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC91

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

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