#42CFBD#42CFBD

#42CFBD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.121 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFBD
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 189)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 8.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -41.37, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 41.42, 182.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.1211 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.121 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7405, 49.4542, 55.9016)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFBD #CF4254

analogous

#42CF76 #42CFBD #429BCF

triadic

#42CFBD #BD42CF #CFBD42

tetradic

#42CFBD #7642CF #CF4254 #9BCF42

square

#42CFBD #7642CF #CF4254 #9BCF42

split-complementary

#42CFBD #CF429B #CF7642

monochromatic

#1F786D #2BA999 #42CFBD #73DBCE #A4E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#42CFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFBD

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFBD	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.121 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded0',
    500: '#42cfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfbd;
$custom-light: #89ded0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.34,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7757,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFBD

secondary

#D598A0

accent

#4559E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFBD

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

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