#42CEA5#42CEA5

#42CEA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.133 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEA5
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 165)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 19.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -46.96, 9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 47.94, 168.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.1311 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.133 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1061, 48.0140, 43.2183)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEA5 #CE426B

analogous

#42CE5F #42CEA5 #42B1CE

triadic

#42CEA5 #A542CE #CEA542

tetradic

#42CEA5 #5F42CE #CE426B #B1CE42

square

#42CEA5 #5F42CE #CE426B #B1CE42

split-complementary

#42CEA5 #CE42B1 #CE5F42

monochromatic

#1F775D #2BA783 #42CEA5 #73DBBC #A3E7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#42CEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEA5

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEA5	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)

#C9C0A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.133 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debf',
    500: '#42cea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cea5;
$custom-light: #87debf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76638,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEA5

secondary

#D498A9

accent

#4674E2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEA5

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

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