#42CB9D#42CB9D

#42CB9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.136 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB9D
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 157)
HSL	hsl(160, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 22.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -47.57, 12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 49.16, 165.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.1317 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.136 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6853, 46.3011, 39.2643)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB9D #CB4270

analogous

#42CB59 #42CB9D #42B4CB

triadic

#42CB9D #9D42CB #CB9D42

tetradic

#42CB9D #5942CB #CB4270 #B4CB42

square

#42CB9D #5942CB #CB4270 #B4CB42

split-complementary

#42CB9D #CB42B4 #CB5942

monochromatic

#207357 #2DA37B #42CB9D #72D8B6 #A2E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#42CB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB9D

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB9D	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.136 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcba',
    500: '#42cb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb9d;
$custom-light: #87dcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.854,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75684,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB9D

secondary

#D297AB

accent

#487BE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB9D

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

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