#42CF9D#42CF9D

#42CF9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.140 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CF9D
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 157)
HSL	hsl(159, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 24.2%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -49.23, 14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 51.20, 164.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.1358 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.14 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6421, 48.2148, 39.5832)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CF9D #CF4274

analogous

#42CF56 #42CF9D #42BBCF

triadic

#42CF9D #9D42CF #CF9D42

tetradic

#42CF9D #5642CF #CF4274 #BBCF42

square

#42CF9D #5642CF #CF4274 #BBCF42

split-complementary

#42CF9D #CF42BB #CF5642

monochromatic

#1F7858 #2BA97C #42CF9D #73DBB6 #A4E8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#42CF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF9D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CF9D	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)

#CBC19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cf9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.140 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deba',
    500: '#42cf9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cf9d;
$custom-light: #87deba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cf9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.723,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76683,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CF9D

secondary

#D598AE

accent

#457DE3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CF9D

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

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