#42BF97#42BF97

#42BF97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.125 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BF97
RGBrgb(66, 191, 151)
HSLhsl(161, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(161, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 0%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.93, -43.91, 10.21)
CIE-LCHlch(69.93, 45.08, 166.90°)
OKLaboklab(72.52% -0.1222 0.0261)
OKLCHoklch(72.52% 0.125 167.9)
XYZxyz(26.4606, 40.6514, 35.7241)
Luminance0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BF97 #BF426A
analogous
#42BF58 #42BF97 #42A8BF
triadic
#42BF97 #9742BF #BF9742
tetradic
#42BF97 #5842BF #BF426A #A8BF42
square
#42BF97 #5842BF #BF426A #A8BF42
split-complementary
#42BF97 #BF42A8 #BF5842
monochromatic
#22654F #329273 #42BF97 #70CEB0 #9DDEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#42BF97 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13
#42BF97 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF97
9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BF97#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BF971.002.309.139.13
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1321.001.001.00
##0000009.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAB295
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9A69A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bf97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.125 167.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3b5',
    500: '#42bf97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bf97;
$custom-light: #85d3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bf97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BF97
secondary
#CA93A4
accent
#4F7BD9
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BF97

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#42BF97 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva