#42ACA7#42ACA7

#42ACA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.096 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACA7
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 167)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -31.18, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 31.85, 191.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0947 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.096 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9712, 33.4508, 41.7451)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACA7 #AC4247

analogous

#42AC72 #42ACA7 #427CAC

triadic

#42ACA7 #A742AC #ACA742

tetradic

#42ACA7 #7242AC #AC4247 #7CAC42

square

#42ACA7 #7242AC #AC4247 #7CAC42

split-complementary

#42ACA7 #AC427C #AC7242

monochromatic

#205451 #31807C #42ACA7 #67C5C0 #93D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#42ACA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#42ACA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACA7

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACA7	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.096 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5c1',
    500: '#42aca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aca7;
$custom-light: #83c5c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.17,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68259,
    "c": 0.09636,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACA7

secondary

#C1898B

accent

#545AD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACA7

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →