#42BC98#42BC98

#42BC98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC98
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 152)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 19.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -42.38, 8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 43.20, 168.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1186 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.121 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8946, 39.3889, 35.9378)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC98 #BC4266

analogous

#42BC5B #42BC98 #42A3BC

triadic

#42BC98 #9842BC #BC9842

tetradic

#42BC98 #5B42BC #BC4266 #A3BC42

square

#42BC98 #5B42BC #BC4266 #A3BC42

split-complementary

#42BC98 #BC42A3 #BC5B42

monochromatic

#22614F #328F73 #42BC98 #6FCCB1 #9CDCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#42BC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC98

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC98	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b6',
    500: '#42bc98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc98;
$custom-light: #84d1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.295,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC98

secondary

#C991A2

accent

#5078D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC98

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

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