#42CE9D#42CE9D

#42CE9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.139 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE9D
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 157)
HSL	hsl(159, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 23.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -48.82, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 50.69, 164.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.1348 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.139 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4006, 47.7318, 39.5027)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE9D #CE4273

analogous

#42CE57 #42CE9D #42B9CE

triadic

#42CE9D #9D42CE #CE9D42

tetradic

#42CE9D #5742CE #CE4273 #B9CE42

square

#42CE9D #5742CE #CE4273 #B9CE42

split-complementary

#42CE9D #CE42B9 #CE5742

monochromatic

#1F7758 #2BA77C #42CE9D #73DBB6 #A3E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#42CE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE9D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE9D	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.139 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deba',
    500: '#42ce9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce9d;
$custom-light: #87deba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76433,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE9D

secondary

#D498AD

accent

#467CE2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE9D

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

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