#42CFB4#42CFB4

#42CFB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.125 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFB4
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 180)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 13%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -43.70, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 43.77, 176.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.1252 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.125 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7938, 49.0755, 50.9154)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFB4 #CF425D

analogous

#42CF6D #42CFB4 #42A3CF

triadic

#42CFB4 #B442CF #CFB442

tetradic

#42CFB4 #6D42CF #CF425D #A3CF42

square

#42CFB4 #6D42CF #CF425D #A3CF42

split-complementary

#42CFB4 #CF42A3 #CF6D42

monochromatic

#1F7867 #2BA991 #42CFB4 #73DBC7 #A4E8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#42CFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFB4

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFB4	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.125 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88deca',
    500: '#42cfb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfb4;
$custom-light: #88deca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.511,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77301,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFB4

secondary

#D598A4

accent

#4563E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFB4

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

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