#42CFA4#42CFA4

#42CFA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFA4
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 164)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 20.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -47.61, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 48.77, 167.49°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.1325 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.135 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2569, 48.4607, 42.8213)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFA4 #CF426D

analogous

#42CF5D #42CFA4 #42B3CF

triadic

#42CFA4 #A442CF #CFA442

tetradic

#42CFA4 #5D42CF #CF426D #B3CF42

square

#42CFA4 #5D42CF #CF426D #B3CF42

split-complementary

#42CFA4 #CF42B3 #CF5D42

monochromatic

#1F785D #2BA982 #42CFA4 #73DBBB #A4E8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#42CFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFA4

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFA4	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	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)

#CAC1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88debf',
    500: '#42cfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfa4;
$custom-light: #88debf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.702,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7686,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFA4

secondary

#D598AB

accent

#4575E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFA4

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

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