#42C0AA#42C0AA

#42C0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C0AA
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -39.65, 0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 39.66, 178.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.1144 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.114 179)
XYZ	xyz(28.3486, 41.7567, 44.5882)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C0AA #C04258

analogous

#42C06B #42C0AA #4297C0

triadic

#42C0AA #AA42C0 #C0AA42

tetradic

#42C0AA #6B42C0 #C04258 #97C042

square

#42C0AA #6B42C0 #C04258 #97C042

split-complementary

#42C0AA #C04297 #C06B42

monochromatic

#22665A #319482 #42C0AA #70CFBF #9EDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42C0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#42C0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C0AA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C0AA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3c3',
    500: '#42c0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c0aa;
$custom-light: #86d3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.524,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73306,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.4176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C0AA

secondary

#CB939D

accent

#4E67DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C0AA

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

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