#42CC9F#42CC9F

#42CC9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC9F
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 159)
HSL	hsl(160, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 22.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -47.53, 11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 48.97, 166.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.1318 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.135 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0943, 46.8438, 40.2499)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC9F #CC426F

analogous

#42CC5A #42CC9F #42B4CC

triadic

#42CC9F #9F42CC #CC9F42

tetradic

#42CC9F #5A42CC #CC426F #B4CC42

square

#42CC9F #5A42CC #CC426F #B4CC42

split-complementary

#42CC9F #CC42B4 #CC5A42

monochromatic

#1F7459 #2CA47D #42CC9F #72D9B7 #A2E6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#42CC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC9F

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC9F	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcbb',
    500: '#42cc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc9f;
$custom-light: #87dcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC9F

secondary

#D397AB

accent

#4779E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC9F

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

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