#42CF9F#42CF9F

#42CF9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.139 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CF9F
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 159)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 23.2%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -48.77, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 50.50, 164.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.1349 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.139 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8142, 48.2836, 40.4899)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CF9F #CF4272

analogous

#42CF58 #42CF9F #42B9CF

triadic

#42CF9F #9F42CF #CF9F42

tetradic

#42CF9F #5842CF #CF4272 #B9CF42

square

#42CF9F #5842CF #CF4272 #B9CF42

split-complementary

#42CF9F #CF42B9 #CF5842

monochromatic

#1F785A #2BA97E #42CF9F #73DBB8 #A4E8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#42CF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF9F

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CF9F	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cf9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.139 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debb',
    500: '#42cf9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cf9f;
$custom-light: #87debb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cf9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.574,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76733,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CF9F

secondary

#D598AD

accent

#457BE3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CF9F

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

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