#42BF9B#42BF9B

#42BF9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BF9B
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 155)
HSL	hsl(163, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -42.96, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 43.73, 169.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1203 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.122 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7910, 40.7835, 37.4641)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BF9B #BF4266

analogous

#42BF5C #42BF9B #42A4BF

triadic

#42BF9B #9B42BF #BF9B42

tetradic

#42BF9B #5C42BF #BF4266 #A4BF42

square

#42BF9B #5C42BF #BF4266 #A4BF42

split-complementary

#42BF9B #BF42A4 #BF5C42

monochromatic

#226551 #329276 #42BF9B #70CEB3 #9DDECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BF9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#42BF9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF9B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BF9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BF9B	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bf9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3b8',
    500: '#42bf9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bf9b;
$custom-light: #85d3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bf9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.72,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72629,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BF9B

secondary

#CA93A3

accent

#4F77D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BF9B

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

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