#42C1A7#42C1A7

#42C1A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C1A7
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 167)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 13.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -40.87, 2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 40.97, 175.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1168 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.117 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2884, 42.0851, 43.1841)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C1A7 #C1425C

analogous

#42C167 #42C1A7 #429BC1

triadic

#42C1A7 #A742C1 #C1A742

tetradic

#42C1A7 #6742C1 #C1425C #9BC142

square

#42C1A7 #6742C1 #C1425C #9BC142

split-complementary

#42C1A7 #C1429B #C16742

monochromatic

#226759 #319580 #42C1A7 #70D0BC #9EDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C1A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#42C1A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C1A7

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C1A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C1A7	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c1a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4c1',
    500: '#42c1a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c1a7;
$custom-light: #86d4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c1a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.717,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73465,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C1A7

secondary

#CC939F

accent

#4E6ADA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C1A7

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

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