#42BC93#42BC93

#42BC93 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC93
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 147)
HSL	hsl(160, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 21.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -43.56, 10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 44.92, 165.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1209 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.124 167)
XYZ	xyz(25.4937, 39.2285, 33.8264)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC93 #BC426B

analogous

#42BC56 #42BC93 #42A8BC

triadic

#42BC93 #9342BC #BC9342

tetradic

#42BC93 #5642BC #BC426B #A8BC42

square

#42BC93 #5642BC #BC426B #A8BC42

split-complementary

#42BC93 #BC42A8 #BC5642

monochromatic

#22614C #328F70 #42BC93 #6FCCAD #9CDCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BC93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#42BC93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC93

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC93	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AF91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b2',
    500: '#42bc93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc93;
$custom-light: #84d1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.836,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71662,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.39231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC93

secondary

#C991A4

accent

#507ED8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC93

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

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