#42CFAB#42CFAB

#42CFAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.131 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFAB
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 17.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -45.94, 7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 46.48, 171.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.1293 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.131 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9065, 48.7206, 46.2426)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFAB #CF4266

analogous

#42CF64 #42CFAB #42ACCF

triadic

#42CFAB #AB42CF #CFAB42

tetradic

#42CFAB #6442CF #CF4266 #ACCF42

square

#42CFAB #6442CF #CF4266 #ACCF42

split-complementary

#42CFAB #CF42AC #CF6442

monochromatic

#1F7861 #2BA989 #42CFAB #73DBC1 #A4E8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#42CFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFAB

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFAB	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#C9C2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.131 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec4',
    500: '#42cfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfab;
$custom-light: #88dec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.681,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77047,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFAB

secondary

#D598A8

accent

#456DE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFAB

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

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