#42ACAC#42ACAC

#42ACAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.096 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACAC
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 172)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -29.78, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 31.11, 196.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0924 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.096 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4424, 33.6392, 44.2266)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACAC #AC4242

analogous

#42AC77 #42ACAC #4277AC

triadic

#42ACAC #AC42AC #ACAC42

tetradic

#42ACAC #7742AC #AC4242 #77AC42

square

#42ACAC #7742AC #AC4242 #77AC42

split-complementary

#42ACAC #AC4277 #AC7742

monochromatic

#205454 #318080 #42ACAC #67C5C5 #93D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#42ACAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#42ACAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACAC

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACAC	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9198AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42acac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.096 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c5c4',
    500: '#42acac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42acac;
$custom-light: #83c5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42acac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68431,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACAC

secondary

#C18989

accent

#5454D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACAC

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

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