#42CFAF#42CFAF

#42CFAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.128 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFAF
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -44.96, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 45.24, 173.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.1275 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.128 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2936, 48.8754, 48.2811)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFAF #CF4262

analogous

#42CF68 #42CFAF #42A8CF

triadic

#42CFAF #AF42CF #CFAF42

tetradic

#42CFAF #6842CF #CF4262 #A8CF42

square

#42CFAF #6842CF #CF4262 #A8CF42

split-complementary

#42CFAF #CF42A8 #CF6842

monochromatic

#1F7864 #2BA98C #42CFAF #73DBC4 #A4E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#42CFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFAF

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFAF	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.128 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec6',
    500: '#42cfaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfaf;
$custom-light: #88dec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.383,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77158,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFAF

secondary

#D598A6

accent

#4569E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFAF

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

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