#42CE9F#42CE9F

#42CE9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE9F
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 159)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 22.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -48.36, 12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 49.99, 165.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.1339 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.138 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5727, 47.8006, 40.4094)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE9F #CE4271

analogous

#42CE59 #42CE9F #42B7CE

triadic

#42CE9F #9F42CE #CE9F42

tetradic

#42CE9F #5942CE #CE4271 #B7CE42

square

#42CE9F #5942CE #CE4271 #B7CE42

split-complementary

#42CE9F #CE42B7 #CE5942

monochromatic

#1F7759 #2BA77E #42CE9F #73DBB8 #A3E7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#42CE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE9F

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE9F	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debb',
    500: '#42ce9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce9f;
$custom-light: #87debb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76483,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE9F

secondary

#D498AC

accent

#467AE2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE9F

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

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