#42CA9B#42CA9B

#42CA9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.136 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA9B
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 155)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 23.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -47.62, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 49.35, 164.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.1317 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.136 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2805, 45.7626, 38.2939)
Luminance	0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA9B #CA4271

analogous

#42CA57 #42CA9B #42B5CA

triadic

#42CA9B #9B42CA #CA9B42

tetradic

#42CA9B #5742CA #CA4271 #B5CA42

square

#42CA9B #5742CA #CA4271 #B5CA42

split-complementary

#42CA9B #CA42B5 #CA5742

monochromatic

#207255 #2DA279 #42CA9B #72D7B4 #A2E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#42CA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA9B

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA9B	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)

#C6BC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.136 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbb8',
    500: '#42ca9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca9b;
$custom-light: #86dbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.265,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75383,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA9B

secondary

#D196AB

accent

#487DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA9B

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

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