#42CB9B#42CB9B

#42CB9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB9B
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 155)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 23.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -48.03, 13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 49.86, 164.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.1327 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.137 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5159, 46.2334, 38.3724)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB9B #CB4272

analogous

#42CB56 #42CB9B #42B6CB

triadic

#42CB9B #9B42CB #CB9B42

tetradic

#42CB9B #5642CB #CB4272 #B6CB42

square

#42CB9B #5642CB #CB4272 #B6CB42

split-complementary

#42CB9B #CB42B6 #CB5642

monochromatic

#207356 #2DA37A #42CB9B #72D8B4 #A2E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#42CB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB9B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB9B	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb8',
    500: '#42cb9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb9b;
$custom-light: #87dcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.978,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB9B

secondary

#D297AC

accent

#487DE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB9B

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

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