#42CFA3#42CFA3

#42CFA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFA3
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 163)
HSL	hsl(161, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 21.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -47.85, 11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 49.11, 166.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.133 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.136 168)
XYZ	xyz(31.1670, 48.4247, 42.3476)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFA3 #CF426E

analogous

#42CF5C #42CFA3 #42B4CF

triadic

#42CFA3 #A342CF #CFA342

tetradic

#42CFA3 #5C42CF #CF426E #B4CF42

square

#42CFA3 #5C42CF #CF426E #B4CF42

split-complementary

#42CFA3 #CF42B4 #CF5C42

monochromatic

#1F785C #2BA982 #42CFA3 #73DBBB #A4E8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#42CFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFA3

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFA3	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88debe',
    500: '#42cfa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfa3;
$custom-light: #88debe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.277,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76834,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.48428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFA3

secondary

#D598AB

accent

#4576E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFA3

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

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