#42BF99#42BF99

#42BF99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BF99
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 153)
HSL	hsl(162, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -43.44, 9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 44.40, 168.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1213 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.124 169)
XYZ	xyz(26.6244, 40.7169, 36.5868)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BF99 #BF4268

analogous

#42BF5A #42BF99 #42A6BF

triadic

#42BF99 #9942BF #BF9942

tetradic

#42BF99 #5A42BF #BF4268 #A6BF42

square

#42BF99 #5A42BF #BF4268 #A6BF42

split-complementary

#42BF99 #BF42A6 #BF5A42

monochromatic

#226550 #329275 #42BF99 #70CEB2 #9DDECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42BF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#42BF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF99

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BF99	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3b7',
    500: '#42bf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bf99;
$custom-light: #85d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.4072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BF99

secondary

#CA93A3

accent

#4F79D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BF99

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

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