#42BC97#42BC97

#42BC97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC97
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 19.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -42.62, 8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 43.54, 168.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.1191 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.121 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8131, 39.3563, 35.5083)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC97 #BC4267

analogous

#42BC5A #42BC97 #42A4BC

triadic

#42BC97 #9742BC #BC9742

tetradic

#42BC97 #5A42BC #BC4267 #A4BC42

square

#42BC97 #5A42BC #BC4267 #A4BC42

split-complementary

#42BC97 #BC42A4 #BC5A42

monochromatic

#22614E #328F73 #42BC97 #6FCCB0 #9CDCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#42BC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC97

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC97	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)

#B7B095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b5',
    500: '#42bc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc97;
$custom-light: #84d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.803,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71768,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC97

secondary

#C991A2

accent

#5079D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC97

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

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