#42BE98#42BE98

#42BE98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE98
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 152)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 20%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -43.25, 9.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 44.23, 167.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1207 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.123 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3248, 40.2493, 36.0812)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE98 #BE4268

analogous

#42BE5A #42BE98 #42A6BE

triadic

#42BE98 #9842BE #BE9842

tetradic

#42BE98 #5A42BE #BE4268 #A6BE42

square

#42BE98 #5A42BE #BE4268 #A6BE42

split-complementary

#42BE98 #BE42A6 #BE5A42

monochromatic

#22634F #329174 #42BE98 #70CEB1 #9DDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#42BE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE98

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE98	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2b6',
    500: '#42be98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be98;
$custom-light: #84d2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.613,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72297,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE98

secondary

#CA92A3

accent

#4F79D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE98

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

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