#42CEA4#42CEA4

#42CEA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.134 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEA4
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 164)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 20.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -47.20, 10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 48.27, 167.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.1315 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.134 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0154, 47.9777, 42.7408)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEA4 #CE426C

analogous

#42CE5E #42CEA4 #42B2CE

triadic

#42CEA4 #A442CE #CEA442

tetradic

#42CEA4 #5E42CE #CE426C #B2CE42

square

#42CEA4 #5E42CE #CE426C #B2CE42

split-complementary

#42CEA4 #CE42B2 #CE5E42

monochromatic

#1F775C #2BA782 #42CEA4 #73DBBB #A3E7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#42CEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEA4

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEA4	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.134 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debf',
    500: '#42cea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cea4;
$custom-light: #87debf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76612,
    "c": 0.13407,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEA4

secondary

#D498AA

accent

#4675E2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEA4

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

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