#42BF95#42BF95

#42BF95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BF95
RGBrgb(66, 191, 149)
HSLhsl(160, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(160, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 0%, 22%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.89, -44.38, 11.24)
CIE-LCHlch(69.89, 45.78, 165.79°)
OKLaboklab(72.47% -0.1231 0.0288)
OKLCHoklch(72.47% 0.126 166.9)
XYZxyz(26.2996, 40.5869, 34.8760)
Luminance0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BF95 #BF426C
analogous
#42BF56 #42BF95 #42AABF
triadic
#42BF95 #9542BF #BF9542
tetradic
#42BF95 #5642BF #BF426C #AABF42
square
#42BF95 #5642BF #BF426C #AABF42
split-complementary
#42BF95 #BF42AA #BF5642
monochromatic
#22654E #329272 #42BF95 #70CEAF #9DDEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#42BF95 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#42BF95 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF95
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BF95#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BF951.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBB293
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AAA698
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bf95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 166.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3b4',
    500: '#42bf95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bf95;
$custom-light: #85d3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bf95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BF95
secondary
#CA93A5
accent
#4F7DD9
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BF95

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#42BF95 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva