#42BC96#42BC96

#42BC96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.122 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC96
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 20.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -42.86, 9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 43.88, 167.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.1195 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.122 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7322, 39.3239, 35.0824)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC96 #BC4268

analogous

#42BC59 #42BC96 #42A5BC

triadic

#42BC96 #9642BC #BC9642

tetradic

#42BC96 #5942BC #BC4268 #A5BC42

square

#42BC96 #5942BC #BC4268 #A5BC42

split-complementary

#42BC96 #BC42A5 #BC5942

monochromatic

#22614E #328F72 #42BC96 #6FCCAF #9CDCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#42BC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC96

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC96	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.122 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b4',
    500: '#42bc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc96;
$custom-light: #84d1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.311,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71741,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC96

secondary

#C991A2

accent

#507AD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC96

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

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