#42CFB3#42CFB3

#42CFB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.126 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFB3
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 179)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 13.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -43.95, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 44.06, 176.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.1256 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.126 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6923, 49.0349, 50.3808)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFB3 #CF425E

analogous

#42CF6C #42CFB3 #42A4CF

triadic

#42CFB3 #B342CF #CFB342

tetradic

#42CFB3 #6C42CF #CF425E #A4CF42

square

#42CFB3 #6C42CF #CF425E #A4CF42

split-complementary

#42CFB3 #CF42A4 #CF6C42

monochromatic

#1F7866 #2BA990 #42CFB3 #73DBC7 #A4E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#42CFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFB3

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFB3	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.126 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec9',
    500: '#42cfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfb3;
$custom-light: #88dec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.085,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77272,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFB3

secondary

#D598A4

accent

#4564E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFB3

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

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