#42ACA3#42ACA3

#42ACA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.097 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACA3
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 163)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 5.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, -32.29, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 32.59, 187.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0965 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.097 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6072, 33.3052, 39.8276)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACA3 #AC424B

analogous

#42AC6E #42ACA3 #4280AC

triadic

#42ACA3 #A342AC #ACA342

tetradic

#42ACA3 #6E42AC #AC424B #80AC42

square

#42ACA3 #6E42AC #AC424B #80AC42

split-complementary

#42ACA3 #AC4280 #AC6E42

monochromatic

#20544F #318079 #42ACA3 #67C5BD #93D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#42ACA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#42ACA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACA3

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACA3	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.097 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5be',
    500: '#42aca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aca3;
$custom-light: #83c5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.906,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68125,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACA3

secondary

#C1898E

accent

#545ED4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACA3

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

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