#42CB96#42CB96

#42CB96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.141 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB96
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 150)
HSL	hsl(157, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 26.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -49.15, 15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 51.66, 162.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.135 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.141 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1047, 46.0689, 36.2066)
Luminance	0.4607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB96 #CB4277

analogous

#42CB51 #42CB96 #42BCCB

triadic

#42CB96 #9642CB #CB9642

tetradic

#42CB96 #5142CB #CB4277 #BCCB42

square

#42CB96 #5142CB #CB4277 #BCCB42

split-complementary

#42CB96 #CB42BC #CB5142

monochromatic

#207353 #2DA375 #42CB96 #72D8B1 #A2E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#42CB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB96

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB96	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.141 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb5',
    500: '#42cb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb96;
$custom-light: #87dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.788,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75511,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB96

secondary

#D297AE

accent

#4883E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB96

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

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