#42CEA1#42CEA1

#42CEA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.136 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEA1
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 161)
HSL	hsl(161, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 21.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -47.90, 11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 49.29, 166.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.1329 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.136 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7477, 47.8706, 41.3308)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEA1 #CE426F

analogous

#42CE5B #42CEA1 #42B5CE

triadic

#42CEA1 #A142CE #CEA142

tetradic

#42CEA1 #5B42CE #CE426F #B5CE42

square

#42CEA1 #5B42CE #CE426F #B5CE42

split-complementary

#42CEA1 #CE42B5 #CE5B42

monochromatic

#1F775B #2BA780 #42CEA1 #73DBB9 #A3E7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CEA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#42CEA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEA1

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEA1	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)

#C9C09F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.136 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debc',
    500: '#42cea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cea1;
$custom-light: #87debc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76534,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEA1

secondary

#D498AB

accent

#4678E2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEA1

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

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