#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
RGBrgb(66, 172, 163)
HSLhsl(175, 45%, 47%)
HSVhsv(175, 62%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 0%, 5.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(64.41, -32.29, -4.40)
CIE-LCHlch(64.41, 32.59, 187.76°)
OKLaboklab(68.13% -0.0965 -0.0124)
OKLCHoklch(68.13% 0.097 187.3)
XYZxyz(23.6072, 33.3052, 39.8276)
Luminance0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42ACA31.002.747.667.66
#FFFFFF2.741.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6621.001.001.00
##0000007.6621.001.001.00

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

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#42ACA3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva