#42CFA0#42CFA0

#42CFA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFA0
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 160)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 22.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -48.54, 12.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 50.15, 165.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.1344 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.138 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9014, 48.3185, 40.9487)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFA0 #CF4271

analogous

#42CF59 #42CFA0 #42B7CF

triadic

#42CFA0 #A042CF #CFA042

tetradic

#42CFA0 #5942CF #CF4271 #B7CF42

square

#42CFA0 #5942CF #CF4271 #B7CF42

split-complementary

#42CFA0 #CF42B7 #CF5942

monochromatic

#1F785A #2BA97F #42CFA0 #73DBB9 #A4E8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#42CFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFA0

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFA0	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)

#CAC19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B3A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debc',
    500: '#42cfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfa0;
$custom-light: #87debc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76758,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFA0

secondary

#D598AC

accent

#457AE3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFA0

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

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