#42CB9C#42CB9C

#42CB9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB9C
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 156)
HSL	hsl(159, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 23.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, -47.80, 12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 49.51, 164.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1322 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.136 166)
XYZ	xyz(29.6003, 46.2671, 38.8165)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB9C #CB4271

analogous

#42CB57 #42CB9C #42B5CB

triadic

#42CB9C #9C42CB #CB9C42

tetradic

#42CB9C #5742CB #CB4271 #B5CB42

square

#42CB9C #5742CB #CB4271 #B5CB42

split-complementary

#42CB9C #CB42B5 #CB5742

monochromatic

#207356 #2DA37A #42CB9C #72D8B5 #A2E5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#42CB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB9C

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB9C	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)

#C7BD99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb9',
    500: '#42cb9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb9c;
$custom-light: #87dcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.416,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75659,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.4627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB9C

secondary

#D297AB

accent

#487CE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB9C

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

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