#42CFA9#42CFA9

#42CFA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.132 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFA9
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 169)
HSL	hsl(164, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 18.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -46.42, 8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 47.12, 170.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.1302 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.132 171)
XYZ	xyz(31.7174, 48.6449, 45.2463)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFA9 #CF4268

analogous

#42CF62 #42CFA9 #42AECF

triadic

#42CFA9 #A942CF #CFA942

tetradic

#42CFA9 #6242CF #CF4268 #AECF42

square

#42CFA9 #6242CF #CF4268 #AECF42

split-complementary

#42CFA9 #CF42AE #CF6242

monochromatic

#1F7860 #2BA987 #42CFA9 #73DBBF #A4E8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#42CFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFA9

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFA9	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.132 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec2',
    500: '#42cfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfa9;
$custom-light: #88dec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.83,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76993,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.48648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFA9

secondary

#D598A8

accent

#4570E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFA9

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

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