#42CFB8#42CFB8

#42CFB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.123 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFB8
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 184)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 11.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -42.68, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 42.68, 179.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.1234 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.123 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2071, 49.2408, 53.0924)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFB8 #CF4259

analogous

#42CF71 #42CFB8 #429FCF

triadic

#42CFB8 #B842CF #CFB842

tetradic

#42CFB8 #7142CF #CF4259 #9FCF42

square

#42CFB8 #7142CF #CF4259 #9FCF42

split-complementary

#42CFB8 #CF429F #CF7142

monochromatic

#1F7869 #2BA994 #42CFB8 #73DBCA #A4E8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#42CFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFB8

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFB8	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.123 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89decd',
    500: '#42cfb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfb8;
$custom-light: #89decd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.213,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77419,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFB8

secondary

#D598A2

accent

#455FE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFB8

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

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