#42BC99#42BC99

#42BC99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC99
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -42.14, 7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 42.87, 169.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1181 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.12 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9769, 39.4218, 36.3710)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC99 #BC4265

analogous

#42BC5C #42BC99 #42A2BC

triadic

#42BC99 #9942BC #BC9942

tetradic

#42BC99 #5C42BC #BC4265 #A2BC42

square

#42BC99 #5C42BC #BC4265 #A2BC42

split-complementary

#42BC99 #BC42A2 #BC5C42

monochromatic

#22614F #328F74 #42BC99 #6FCCB2 #9CDCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#42BC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#42BC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC99

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC99	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b7',
    500: '#42bc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc99;
$custom-light: #84d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.787,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC99

secondary

#C991A1

accent

#5077D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC99

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

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