#42CE9A#42CE9A

#42CE9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.142 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE9A
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 154)
HSL	hsl(158, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 25.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -49.49, 15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 51.76, 162.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.1362 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.142 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1476, 47.6306, 38.1704)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE9A #CE4276

analogous

#42CE54 #42CE9A #42BCCE

triadic

#42CE9A #9A42CE #CE9A42

tetradic

#42CE9A #5442CE #CE4276 #BCCE42

square

#42CE9A #5442CE #CE4276 #BCCE42

split-complementary

#42CE9A #CE42BC #CE5442

monochromatic

#1F7756 #2BA779 #42CE9A #73DBB4 #A3E7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CE9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#42CE9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE9A

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE9A	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.142 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb7',
    500: '#42ce9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce9a;
$custom-light: #87deb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE9A

secondary

#D498AE

accent

#4680E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE9A

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

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