#42CFA1#42CFA1

#42CFA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.137 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFA1
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 161)
HSL	hsl(160, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 22.2%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -48.31, 12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 49.80, 165.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.1339 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.137 167)
XYZ	xyz(30.9892, 48.3536, 41.4113)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFA1 #CF4270

analogous

#42CF5A #42CFA1 #42B6CF

triadic

#42CFA1 #A142CF #CFA142

tetradic

#42CFA1 #5A42CF #CF4270 #B6CF42

square

#42CFA1 #5A42CF #CF4270 #B6CF42

split-complementary

#42CFA1 #CF42B6 #CF5A42

monochromatic

#1F785B #2BA980 #42CFA1 #73DBB9 #A4E8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CFA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#42CFA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFA1

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFA1	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.137 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87debc',
    500: '#42cfa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfa1;
$custom-light: #87debc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.426,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76783,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.48357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFA1

secondary

#D598AC

accent

#4579E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFA1

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

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