#42BC92#42BC92

#42BC92 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.125 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC92
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 146)
HSL	hsl(159, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 22.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -43.80, 11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 45.27, 165.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.1214 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.125 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4156, 39.1973, 33.4150)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC92 #BC426C

analogous

#42BC55 #42BC92 #42A9BC

triadic

#42BC92 #9242BC #BC9242

tetradic

#42BC92 #5542BC #BC426C #A9BC42

square

#42BC92 #5542BC #BC426C #A9BC42

split-complementary

#42BC92 #BC42A9 #BC5542

monochromatic

#22614C #328F6F #42BC92 #6FCCAC #9CDCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BC92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#42BC92 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC92

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC92	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.125 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b2',
    500: '#42bc92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc92;
$custom-light: #84d1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.344,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71636,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC92

secondary

#C991A4

accent

#507FD8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC92

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

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