#42CFA5#42CFA5

#42CFA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.135 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFA5
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 165)
HSL	hsl(162, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 20.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -47.38, 10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 48.43, 168.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.1321 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.135 169)
XYZ	xyz(31.3476, 48.4970, 43.2988)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFA5 #CF426C

analogous

#42CF5E #42CFA5 #42B2CF

triadic

#42CFA5 #A542CF #CFA542

tetradic

#42CFA5 #5E42CF #CF426C #B2CF42

square

#42CFA5 #5E42CF #CF426C #B2CF42

split-complementary

#42CFA5 #CF42B2 #CF5E42

monochromatic

#1F785D #2BA983 #42CFA5 #73DBBC #A4E8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#42CFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFA5

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFA5	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.135 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88debf',
    500: '#42cfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfa5;
$custom-light: #88debf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.128,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76886,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.48501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFA5

secondary

#D598AA

accent

#4574E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFA5

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

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