#42CFAD#42CFAD

#42CFAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.129 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFAD
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 16.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -45.45, 6.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 45.85, 172.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.1284 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.129 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0986, 48.7974, 47.2542)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFAD #CF4264

analogous

#42CF66 #42CFAD #42AACF

triadic

#42CFAD #AD42CF #CFAD42

tetradic

#42CFAD #6642CF #CF4264 #AACF42

square

#42CFAD #6642CF #CF4264 #AACF42

split-complementary

#42CFAD #CF42AA #CF6642

monochromatic

#1F7862 #2BA98B #42CFAD #73DBC2 #A4E8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#42CFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFAD

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFAD	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.129 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec5',
    500: '#42cfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfad;
$custom-light: #88dec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.532,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77102,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFAD

secondary

#D598A7

accent

#456BE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFAD

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

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