#42BF96#42BF96

#42BF96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BF96
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -44.15, 10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 45.43, 166.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1227 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.126 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3797, 40.6190, 35.2983)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BF96 #BF426B

analogous

#42BF57 #42BF96 #42A9BF

triadic

#42BF96 #9642BF #BF9642

tetradic

#42BF96 #5742BF #BF426B #A9BF42

square

#42BF96 #5742BF #BF426B #A9BF42

split-complementary

#42BF96 #BF42A9 #BF5742

monochromatic

#22654F #329273 #42BF96 #70CEAF #9DDEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42BF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#42BF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF96

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BF96	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bf96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3b4',
    500: '#42bf96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bf96;
$custom-light: #85d3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bf96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72496,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BF96

secondary

#CA93A5

accent

#4F7CD9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BF96

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

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