#42BC95#42BC95

#42BC95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.123 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC95
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 149)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 20.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -43.10, 9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 44.22, 167.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.12 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.123 168)
XYZ	xyz(25.6520, 39.2919, 34.6601)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC95 #BC4269

analogous

#42BC58 #42BC95 #42A6BC

triadic

#42BC95 #9542BC #BC9542

tetradic

#42BC95 #5842BC #BC4269 #A6BC42

square

#42BC95 #5842BC #BC4269 #A6BC42

split-complementary

#42BC95 #BC42A6 #BC5842

monochromatic

#22614D #328F71 #42BC95 #6FCCAE #9CDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#42BC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC95

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC95	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.123 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b4',
    500: '#42bc95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc95;
$custom-light: #84d1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.82,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71715,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.39295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC95

secondary

#C991A3

accent

#507BD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC95

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

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