#42CB9E#42CB9E

#42CB9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB9E
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 158)
HSL	hsl(160, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 22.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -47.34, 11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 48.81, 165.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.1313 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.135 167)
XYZ	xyz(29.7710, 46.3354, 39.7158)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB9E #CB426F

analogous

#42CB5A #42CB9E #42B3CB

triadic

#42CB9E #9E42CB #CB9E42

tetradic

#42CB9E #5A42CB #CB426F #B3CB42

square

#42CB9E #5A42CB #CB426F #B3CB42

split-complementary

#42CB9E #CB42B3 #CB5A42

monochromatic

#207358 #2DA37C #42CB9E #72D8B7 #A2E5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#42CB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB9E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB9E	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcba',
    500: '#42cb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb9e;
$custom-light: #87dcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.292,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75709,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.46339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB9E

secondary

#D297AA

accent

#487AE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB9E

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

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