#42CF9C#42CF9C

#42CF9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.141 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CF9C
RGBrgb(66, 207, 156)
HSLhsl(158, 59%, 54%)
HSVhsv(158, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 0%, 24.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.94, -49.45, 14.59)
CIE-LCHlch(74.94, 51.56, 163.56°)
OKLaboklab(76.66% -0.1363 0.0373)
OKLCHoklch(76.66% 0.141 164.7)
XYZxyz(30.5571, 48.1808, 39.1354)
Luminance0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CF9C #CF4275
analogous
#42CF55 #42CF9C #42BBCF
triadic
#42CF9C #9C42CF #CF9C42
tetradic
#42CF9C #5542CF #CF4275 #BBCF42
square
#42CF9C #5542CF #CF4275 #BBCF42
split-complementary
#42CF9C #CF42BB #CF5542
monochromatic
#1F7858 #2BA97B #42CF9C #73DBB6 #A4E8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#42CF9C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64
#42CF9C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF9C
10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CF9C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CF9C1.001.9710.6410.64
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6421.001.001.00
##00000010.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBC099
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8B39F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cf9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.141 164.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb9',
    500: '#42cf9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cf9c;
$custom-light: #87deb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cf9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.298,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76658,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CF9C
secondary
#D598AE
accent
#457EE3
background
#F9FDFB
surface
#F1FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0D1511
muted
#7E8380

Preview Lab

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#42CF9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva