#42CE9E#42CE9E

#42CE9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE9E
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 158)
HSL	hsl(159, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 23.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -48.59, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 50.34, 164.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.1343 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.138 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4863, 47.7661, 39.9542)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE9E #CE4272

analogous

#42CE58 #42CE9E #42B8CE

triadic

#42CE9E #9E42CE #CE9E42

tetradic

#42CE9E #5842CE #CE4272 #B8CE42

square

#42CE9E #5842CE #CE4272 #B8CE42

split-complementary

#42CE9E #CE42B8 #CE5842

monochromatic

#1F7759 #2BA77D #42CE9E #73DBB7 #A3E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#42CE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE9E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE9E	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)

#CAC09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deba',
    500: '#42ce9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce9e;
$custom-light: #87deba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76458,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE9E

secondary

#D498AC

accent

#467BE2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE9E

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

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