#42CF9A#42CF9A

#42CF9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.143 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CF9A
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 154)
HSL	hsl(157, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 25.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -49.90, 15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 52.28, 162.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.1372 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.143 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3891, 48.1136, 38.2509)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CF9A #CF4277

analogous

#42CF53 #42CF9A #42BDCF

triadic

#42CF9A #9A42CF #CF9A42

tetradic

#42CF9A #5342CF #CF4277 #BDCF42

square

#42CF9A #5342CF #CF4277 #BDCF42

split-complementary

#42CF9A #CF42BD #CF5342

monochromatic

#1F7856 #2BA97A #42CF9A #73DBB4 #A4E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CF9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#42CF9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF9A

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CF9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CF9A	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cf9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.143 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb7',
    500: '#42cf9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cf9a;
$custom-light: #87deb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cf9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.447,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7661,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CF9A

secondary

#D598AF

accent

#4580E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CF9A

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

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