#42BC94#42BC94

#42BC94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC94
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 148)
HSL	hsl(160, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 21.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -43.33, 10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 44.57, 166.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1205 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.123 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5725, 39.2601, 34.2415)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC94 #BC426A

analogous

#42BC57 #42BC94 #42A7BC

triadic

#42BC94 #9442BC #BC9442

tetradic

#42BC94 #5742BC #BC426A #A7BC42

square

#42BC94 #5742BC #BC426A #A7BC42

split-complementary

#42BC94 #BC42A7 #BC5742

monochromatic

#22614D #328F70 #42BC94 #6FCCAE #9CDCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BC94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#42BC94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC94

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC94	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)

#B8AF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b3',
    500: '#42bc94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc94;
$custom-light: #84d1b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.328,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71688,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC94

secondary

#C991A3

accent

#507DD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC94

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

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