#42CFBE#42CFBE

#42CFBE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.121 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFBE
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 190)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -41.11, -2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 41.18, 183.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.1207 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.121 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8495, 49.4977, 56.4753)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFBE #CF4253

analogous

#42CF77 #42CFBE #4299CF

triadic

#42CFBE #BE42CF #CFBE42

tetradic

#42CFBE #7742CF #CF4253 #99CF42

square

#42CFBE #7742CF #CF4253 #99CF42

split-complementary

#42CFBE #CF4299 #CF7742

monochromatic

#1F786D #2BA99A #42CFBE #73DBCF #A4E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#42CFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFBE

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFBE	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.121 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded1',
    500: '#42cfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfbe;
$custom-light: #89ded1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.766,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77601,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFBE

secondary

#D5989F

accent

#4558E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFBE

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

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