#42CB97#42CB97

#42CB97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.140 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB97
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 151)
HSL	hsl(157, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 25.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -48.93, 15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 51.30, 162.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.1345 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.14 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1856, 46.1013, 36.6325)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB97 #CB4276

analogous

#42CB52 #42CB97 #42BBCB

triadic

#42CB97 #9742CB #CB9742

tetradic

#42CB97 #5242CB #CB4276 #BBCB42

square

#42CB97 #5242CB #CB4276 #BBCB42

split-complementary

#42CB97 #CB42BB #CB5242

monochromatic

#207353 #2DA376 #42CB97 #72D8B1 #A2E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#42CB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB97

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB97	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.140 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb5',
    500: '#42cb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb97;
$custom-light: #87dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.226,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75535,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB97

secondary

#D297AD

accent

#4882E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB97

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

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