#42CEA2#42CEA2

#42CEA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.136 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEA2
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 162)
HSL	hsl(161, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 21.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -47.66, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 48.95, 166.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.1325 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.136 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8362, 47.9060, 41.7971)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEA2 #CE426E

analogous

#42CE5C #42CEA2 #42B4CE

triadic

#42CEA2 #A242CE #CEA242

tetradic

#42CEA2 #5C42CE #CE426E #B4CE42

square

#42CEA2 #5C42CE #CE426E #B4CE42

split-complementary

#42CEA2 #CE42B4 #CE5C42

monochromatic

#1F775B #2BA780 #42CEA2 #73DBBA #A3E7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#42CEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEA2

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEA2	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B2A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.136 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debd',
    500: '#42cea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cea2;
$custom-light: #87debd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7656,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEA2

secondary

#D498AB

accent

#4677E2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEA2

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

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