#42CD9F#42CD9F

#42CD9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD9F
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 159)
HSL	hsl(160, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 22.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -47.94, 12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 49.48, 165.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.1328 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.136 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3328, 47.3207, 40.3294)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD9F #CD4270

analogous

#42CD59 #42CD9F #42B5CD

triadic

#42CD9F #9F42CD #CD9F42

tetradic

#42CD9F #5942CD #CD4270 #B5CD42

square

#42CD9F #5942CD #CD4270 #B5CD42

split-complementary

#42CD9F #CD42B5 #CD5942

monochromatic

#1F7659 #2CA67E #42CD9F #72DAB8 #A3E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#42CD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD9F

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD9F	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddbb',
    500: '#42cd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd9f;
$custom-light: #87ddbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.144,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76234,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD9F

secondary

#D397AB

accent

#467AE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD9F

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

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