#42CFAA#42CFAA

#42CFAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.131 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFAA
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 170)
HSL	hsl(164, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 17.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -46.18, 7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 46.79, 170.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.1298 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.131 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8116, 48.6826, 45.7426)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFAA #CF4267

analogous

#42CF63 #42CFAA #42AECF

triadic

#42CFAA #AA42CF #CFAA42

tetradic

#42CFAA #6342CF #CF4267 #AECF42

square

#42CFAA #6342CF #CF4267 #AECF42

split-complementary

#42CFAA #CF42AE #CF6342

monochromatic

#1F7861 #2BA988 #42CFAA #73DBC0 #A4E8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#42CFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFAA

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFAA	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.131 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec3',
    500: '#42cfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfaa;
$custom-light: #88dec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.255,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7702,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFAA

secondary

#D598A8

accent

#456EE3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFAA

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

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