#42CFA8#42CFA8

#42CFA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.133 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFA8
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 168)
HSL	hsl(163, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 18.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -46.66, 8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 47.44, 169.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.1307 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.133 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6238, 48.6075, 44.7537)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFA8 #CF4269

analogous

#42CF61 #42CFA8 #42B0CF

triadic

#42CFA8 #A842CF #CFA842

tetradic

#42CFA8 #6142CF #CF4269 #B0CF42

square

#42CFA8 #6142CF #CF4269 #B0CF42

split-complementary

#42CFA8 #CF42B0 #CF6142

monochromatic

#1F785F #2BA986 #42CFA8 #73DBBE #A4E8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#42CFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFA8

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFA8	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.133 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec1',
    500: '#42cfa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfa8;
$custom-light: #88dec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.404,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76966,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFA8

secondary

#D598A9

accent

#4571E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFA8

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

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