#42CEA8#42CEA8

#42CEA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.131 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEA8
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 168)
HSL	hsl(164, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 18.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -46.24, 8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 46.95, 170.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.1297 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.131 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3823, 48.1245, 44.6732)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEA8 #CE4268

analogous

#42CE62 #42CEA8 #42AECE

triadic

#42CEA8 #A842CE #CEA842

tetradic

#42CEA8 #6242CE #CE4268 #AECE42

square

#42CEA8 #6242CE #CE4268 #AECE42

split-complementary

#42CEA8 #CE42AE #CE6242

monochromatic

#1F775F #2BA786 #42CEA8 #73DBBE #A3E7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#42CEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEA8

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEA8	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.131 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec1',
    500: '#42cea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cea8;
$custom-light: #88dec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76718,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEA8

secondary

#D498A8

accent

#4670E2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEA8

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

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