#42ACAA#42ACAA

#42ACAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.096 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACAA
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -30.34, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 31.38, 194.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0933 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.096 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2518, 33.5630, 43.2226)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACAA #AC4244

analogous

#42AC75 #42ACAA #4279AC

triadic

#42ACAA #AA42AC #ACAA42

tetradic

#42ACAA #7542AC #AC4244 #79AC42

square

#42ACAA #7542AC #AC4244 #79AC42

split-complementary

#42ACAA #AC4279 #AC7542

monochromatic

#205453 #31807E #42ACAA #67C5C3 #93D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#42ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#42ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACAA

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACAA	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.096 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5c3',
    500: '#42acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42acaa;
$custom-light: #83c5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68361,
    "c": 0.09594,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACAA

secondary

#C1898A

accent

#5456D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACAA

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

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