#42BE99#42BE99

#42BE99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.122 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE99
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 19.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -43.01, 8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 43.89, 168.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1202 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.122 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4071, 40.2822, 36.5144)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE99 #BE4267

analogous

#42BE5B #42BE99 #42A5BE

triadic

#42BE99 #9942BE #BE9942

tetradic

#42BE99 #5B42BE #BE4267 #A5BE42

square

#42BE99 #5B42BE #BE4267 #A5BE42

split-complementary

#42BE99 #BE42A5 #BE5B42

monochromatic

#226350 #329175 #42BE99 #70CEB2 #9DDDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#42BE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE99

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE99	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.122 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2b7',
    500: '#42be99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be99;
$custom-light: #85d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.097,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE99

secondary

#CA92A3

accent

#4F78D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE99

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

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