#42BE97#42BE97

#42BE97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE97
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 20.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -43.48, 9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 44.57, 167.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.1212 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.124 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2433, 40.2167, 35.6517)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE97 #BE4269

analogous

#42BE59 #42BE97 #42A7BE

triadic

#42BE97 #9742BE #BE9742

tetradic

#42BE97 #5942BE #BE4269 #A7BE42

square

#42BE97 #5942BE #BE4269 #A7BE42

split-complementary

#42BE97 #BE42A7 #BE5942

monochromatic

#22634F #329173 #42BE97 #70CEB0 #9DDDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#42BE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE97

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE97	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)

#B9B195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2b5',
    500: '#42be97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be97;
$custom-light: #84d2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.129,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72271,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE97

secondary

#CA92A4

accent

#4F7AD8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE97

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

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