#42CA9A#42CA9A

#42CA9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.137 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA9A
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 154)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 23.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -47.85, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 49.70, 164.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.1321 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.137 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1969, 45.7292, 37.8535)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA9A #CA4272

analogous

#42CA56 #42CA9A #42B6CA

triadic

#42CA9A #9A42CA #CA9A42

tetradic

#42CA9A #5642CA #CA4272 #B6CA42

square

#42CA9A #5642CA #CA4272 #B6CA42

split-complementary

#42CA9A #CA42B6 #CA5642

monochromatic

#207255 #2DA278 #42CA9A #72D7B4 #A2E5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CA9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#42CA9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA9A

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA9A	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.137 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbb7',
    500: '#42ca9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca9a;
$custom-light: #86dbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75358,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA9A

secondary

#D196AB

accent

#487EDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA9A

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

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