#42CEA3#42CEA3

#42CEA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.135 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEA3
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 163)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 20.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -47.43, 10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 48.61, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.132 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.135 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9255, 47.9417, 42.2671)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEA3 #CE426D

analogous

#42CE5D #42CEA3 #42B3CE

triadic

#42CEA3 #A342CE #CEA342

tetradic

#42CEA3 #5D42CE #CE426D #B3CE42

square

#42CEA3 #5D42CE #CE426D #B3CE42

split-complementary

#42CEA3 #CE42B3 #CE5D42

monochromatic

#1F775C #2BA781 #42CEA3 #73DBBB #A3E7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CEA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#42CEA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEA3

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEA3	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C0A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.135 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debe',
    500: '#42cea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cea3;
$custom-light: #87debe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76586,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEA3

secondary

#D498AA

accent

#4676E2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEA3

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

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