#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
RGBrgb(66, 206, 156)
HSLhsl(159, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(159, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 24.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.63, -49.04, 14.16)
CIE-LCHlch(74.63, 51.05, 163.89°)
OKLaboklab(76.41% -0.1353 0.0362)
OKLCHoklch(76.41% 0.14 165)
XYZxyz(30.3156, 47.6978, 39.0549)
Luminance0.4770 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42CE9C1.001.9910.5410.54
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5421.001.001.00
##00000010.5421.001.001.00

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

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#42CE9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva