#42CEA9#42CEA9

#42CEA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.131 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEA9
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 169)
HSL	hsl(164, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 18%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -46.00, 7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 46.63, 170.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.1292 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.131 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4759, 48.1619, 45.1658)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEA9 #CE4267

analogous

#42CE63 #42CEA9 #42ADCE

triadic

#42CEA9 #A942CE #CEA942

tetradic

#42CEA9 #6342CE #CE4267 #ADCE42

square

#42CEA9 #6342CE #CE4267 #ADCE42

split-complementary

#42CEA9 #CE42AD #CE6342

monochromatic

#1F7760 #2BA787 #42CEA9 #73DBBF #A3E7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#42CEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEA9

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEA9	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#C8C1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.131 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec2',
    500: '#42cea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cea9;
$custom-light: #88dec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76745,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEA9

secondary

#D498A8

accent

#466FE2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEA9

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

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