#42ACA0#42ACA0

#42ACA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.098 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACA0
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -33.10, -2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 33.22, 184.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0978 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.098 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3416, 33.1989, 38.4288)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACA0 #AC424E

analogous

#42AC6B #42ACA0 #4283AC

triadic

#42ACA0 #A042AC #ACA042

tetradic

#42ACA0 #6B42AC #AC424E #83AC42

square

#42ACA0 #6B42AC #AC424E #83AC42

split-complementary

#42ACA0 #AC4283 #AC6B42

monochromatic

#20544E #318077 #42ACA0 #67C5BA #93D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#42ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#42ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACA0

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACA0	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.098 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5bc',
    500: '#42aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aca0;
$custom-light: #82c5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.208,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68027,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACA0

secondary

#C1898F

accent

#5462D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACA0

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

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