#42CFB6#42CFB6

#42CFB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.124 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFB6
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 182)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -43.19, 1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 43.22, 177.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.1243 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.124 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9990, 49.1575, 51.9961)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFB6 #CF425B

analogous

#42CF6F #42CFB6 #42A1CF

triadic

#42CFB6 #B642CF #CFB642

tetradic

#42CFB6 #6F42CF #CF425B #A1CF42

square

#42CFB6 #6F42CF #CF425B #A1CF42

split-complementary

#42CFB6 #CF42A1 #CF6F42

monochromatic

#1F7868 #2BA993 #42CFB6 #73DBC9 #A4E8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CFB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#42CFB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFB6

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFB6	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B4B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.124 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88decb',
    500: '#42cfb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfb6;
$custom-light: #88decb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.362,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77359,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFB6

secondary

#D598A3

accent

#4561E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFB6

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

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