#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
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 156)
HSL	hsl(158, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 24.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -49.45, 14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 51.56, 163.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.1363 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.141 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5571, 48.1808, 39.1354)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42CF9C	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42CF9C

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

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