#42CEA0#42CEA0

#42CEA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEA0
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 160)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 22.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -48.13, 12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 49.64, 165.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.1334 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.137 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6599, 47.8355, 40.8682)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEA0 #CE4270

analogous

#42CE5A #42CEA0 #42B6CE

triadic

#42CEA0 #A042CE #CEA042

tetradic

#42CEA0 #5A42CE #CE4270 #B6CE42

square

#42CEA0 #5A42CE #CE4270 #B6CE42

split-complementary

#42CEA0 #CE42B6 #CE5A42

monochromatic

#1F775A #2BA77F #42CEA0 #73DBB8 #A3E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#42CEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEA0

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEA0	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B2A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debc',
    500: '#42cea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cea0;
$custom-light: #87debc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76509,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEA0

secondary

#D498AC

accent

#4679E2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEA0

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

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