#42CE9C#42CE9C

#42CE9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.140 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE9C
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 156)
HSL	hsl(159, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 24.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -49.04, 14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 51.05, 163.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.1353 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.14 165)
XYZ	xyz(30.3156, 47.6978, 39.0549)
Luminance	0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE9C #CE4274

analogous

#42CE56 #42CE9C #42BACE

triadic

#42CE9C #9C42CE #CE9C42

tetradic

#42CE9C #5642CE #CE4274 #BACE42

square

#42CE9C #5642CE #CE4274 #BACE42

split-complementary

#42CE9C #CE42BA #CE5642

monochromatic

#1F7757 #2BA77B #42CE9C #73DBB5 #A3E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#42CE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE9C

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE9C	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb9',
    500: '#42ce9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce9c;
$custom-light: #87deb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76408,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.47701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE9C

secondary

#D498AD

accent

#467EE2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE9C

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

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