#42BD99#42BD99

#42BD99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD99
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 19%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -42.58, 8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 43.38, 168.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1192 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.121 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1912, 39.8505, 36.4424)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD99 #BD4266

analogous

#42BD5C #42BD99 #42A3BD

triadic

#42BD99 #9942BD #BD9942

tetradic

#42BD99 #5C42BD #BD4266 #A3BD42

square

#42BD99 #5C42BD #BD4266 #A3BD42

split-complementary

#42BD99 #BD42A3 #BD5C42

monochromatic

#226250 #329074 #42BD99 #6FCDB1 #9DDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#42BD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD99

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD99	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b7',
    500: '#42bd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd99;
$custom-light: #84d1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.439,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD99

secondary

#C992A2

accent

#5078D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD99

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

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