#42BE96#42BE96

#42BE96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.124 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE96
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 21.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -43.72, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 44.91, 166.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1216 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.124 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1624, 40.1843, 35.2258)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE96 #BE426A

analogous

#42BE58 #42BE96 #42A8BE

triadic

#42BE96 #9642BE #BE9642

tetradic

#42BE96 #5842BE #BE426A #A8BE42

square

#42BE96 #5842BE #BE426A #A8BE42

split-complementary

#42BE96 #BE42A8 #BE5842

monochromatic

#22634E #329172 #42BE96 #70CEAF #9DDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#42BE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE96

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE96	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.124 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2b4',
    500: '#42be96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be96;
$custom-light: #84d2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.645,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72244,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE96

secondary

#CA92A4

accent

#4F7CD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE96

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

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