#42CFA2#42CFA2

#42CFA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.137 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFA2
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 162)
HSL	hsl(161, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 21.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -48.08, 11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 49.45, 166.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.1335 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.137 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0777, 48.3890, 41.8776)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFA2 #CF426F

analogous

#42CF5B #42CFA2 #42B5CF

triadic

#42CFA2 #A242CF #CFA242

tetradic

#42CFA2 #5B42CF #CF426F #B5CF42

square

#42CFA2 #5B42CF #CF426F #B5CF42

split-complementary

#42CFA2 #CF42B5 #CF5B42

monochromatic

#1F785C #2BA981 #42CFA2 #73DBBA #A4E8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#42CFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFA2

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFA2	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.137 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88debd',
    500: '#42cfa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfa2;
$custom-light: #88debd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.851,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76809,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFA2

secondary

#D598AB

accent

#4577E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFA2

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

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