#42CC9E#42CC9E

#42CC9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.136 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC9E
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 158)
HSL	hsl(160, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 22.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -47.76, 12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 49.32, 165.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.1323 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.136 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0079, 46.8093, 39.7947)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC9E #CC4270

analogous

#42CC59 #42CC9E #42B5CC

triadic

#42CC9E #9E42CC #CC9E42

tetradic

#42CC9E #5942CC #CC4270 #B5CC42

square

#42CC9E #5942CC #CC4270 #B5CC42

split-complementary

#42CC9E #CC42B5 #CC5942

monochromatic

#1F7458 #2CA47C #42CC9E #72D9B7 #A2E6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#42CC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC9E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC9E	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.136 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcba',
    500: '#42cc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc9e;
$custom-light: #87dcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75959,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC9E

secondary

#D397AB

accent

#477AE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC9E

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

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