#42CA9F#42CA9F

#42CA9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA9F
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 159)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 21.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -46.69, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 47.95, 166.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1298 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.133 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6220, 45.8992, 40.0925)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA9F #CA426D

analogous

#42CA5B #42CA9F #42B1CA

triadic

#42CA9F #9F42CA #CA9F42

tetradic

#42CA9F #5B42CA #CA426D #B1CA42

square

#42CA9F #5B42CA #CA426D #B1CA42

split-complementary

#42CA9F #CA42B1 #CA5B42

monochromatic

#207258 #2DA27D #42CA9F #72D7B7 #A2E5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#42CA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA9F

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA9F	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbbb',
    500: '#42ca9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca9f;
$custom-light: #87dbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.029,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75485,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA9F

secondary

#D196A9

accent

#4878DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA9F

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

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