#42CA9C#42CA9C

#42CA9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA9C
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 156)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 22.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -47.39, 12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 49.00, 165.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1312 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.135 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3649, 45.7964, 38.7380)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA9C #CA4270

analogous

#42CA58 #42CA9C #42B4CA

triadic

#42CA9C #9C42CA #CA9C42

tetradic

#42CA9C #5842CA #CA4270 #B4CA42

square

#42CA9C #5842CA #CA4270 #B4CA42

split-complementary

#42CA9C #CA42B4 #CA5842

monochromatic

#207256 #2DA27A #42CA9C #72D7B5 #A2E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#42CA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA9C

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA9C	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AF9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbb9',
    500: '#42ca9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca9c;
$custom-light: #87dbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.706,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75408,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA9C

secondary

#D196AA

accent

#487BDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA9C

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

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