#42BE94#42BE94

#42BE94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.126 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE94
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 148)
HSL	hsl(160, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 22.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -44.19, 11.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 45.61, 165.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1226 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.126 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0027, 40.1205, 34.3849)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE94 #BE426C

analogous

#42BE56 #42BE94 #42AABE

triadic

#42BE94 #9442BE #BE9442

tetradic

#42BE94 #5642BE #BE426C #AABE42

square

#42BE94 #5642BE #BE426C #AABE42

split-complementary

#42BE94 #BE42AA #BE5642

monochromatic

#22634D #329171 #42BE94 #70CEAE #9DDDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42BE94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#42BE94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE94

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE94	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.126 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2b3',
    500: '#42be94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be94;
$custom-light: #84d2b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.677,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE94

secondary

#CA92A5

accent

#4F7ED8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE94

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

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