#42BD97#42BD97

#42BD97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD97
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 20.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -43.05, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 44.05, 167.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.1201 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.122 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0274, 39.7850, 35.5797)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD97 #BD4268

analogous

#42BD59 #42BD97 #42A6BD

triadic

#42BD97 #9742BD #BD9742

tetradic

#42BD97 #5942BD #BD4268 #A6BD42

square

#42BD97 #5942BD #BD4268 #A6BD42

split-complementary

#42BD97 #BD42A6 #BD5942

monochromatic

#22624F #329073 #42BD97 #6FCDB0 #9DDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#42BD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD97

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD97	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b5',
    500: '#42bd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd97;
$custom-light: #84d1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.463,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD97

secondary

#C992A3

accent

#507AD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD97

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

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