#42CF9E#42CF9E

#42CF9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.140 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CF9E
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 158)
HSL	hsl(159, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 23.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -49.00, 13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 50.85, 164.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.1353 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.14 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7278, 48.2491, 40.0347)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CF9E #CF4273

analogous

#42CF57 #42CF9E #42B9CF

triadic

#42CF9E #9E42CF #CF9E42

tetradic

#42CF9E #5742CF #CF4273 #B9CF42

square

#42CF9E #5742CF #CF4273 #B9CF42

split-complementary

#42CF9E #CF42B9 #CF5742

monochromatic

#1F7859 #2BA97D #42CF9E #73DBB7 #A4E8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#42CF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF9E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CF9E	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.140 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deba',
    500: '#42cf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cf9e;
$custom-light: #87deba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.149,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76708,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CF9E

secondary

#D598AD

accent

#457CE3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CF9E

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

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