#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
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(161, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 20.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -43.91, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 45.08, 166.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1222 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.125 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4606, 40.6514, 35.7241)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42BF97	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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