#42BE9A#42BE9A

#42BE9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE9A
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 154)
HSL	hsl(163, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 18.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -42.77, 8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 43.55, 169.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1198 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.122 170)
XYZ	xyz(26.4900, 40.3154, 36.9512)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE9A #BE4266

analogous

#42BE5C #42BE9A #42A4BE

triadic

#42BE9A #9A42BE #BE9A42

tetradic

#42BE9A #5C42BE #BE4266 #A4BE42

square

#42BE9A #5C42BE #BE4266 #A4BE42

split-complementary

#42BE9A #BE42A4 #BE5C42

monochromatic

#226350 #329175 #42BE9A #70CEB2 #9DDDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BE9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#42BE9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE9A

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE9A	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)

#B9B298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d2b7',
    500: '#42be9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be9a;
$custom-light: #85d2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.581,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72351,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.40318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE9A

secondary

#CA92A2

accent

#4F77D8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE9A

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

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