#42C1A9#42C1A9

#42C1A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.116 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C1A9
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 12.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -40.36, 1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 40.40, 177.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.1159 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.116 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4747, 42.1596, 44.1654)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C1A9 #C1425A

analogous

#42C169 #42C1A9 #429AC1

triadic

#42C1A9 #A942C1 #C1A942

tetradic

#42C1A9 #6942C1 #C1425A #9AC142

square

#42C1A9 #6942C1 #C1425A #9AC142

split-complementary

#42C1A9 #C1429A #C16942

monochromatic

#22675A #319582 #42C1A9 #70D0BE #9EDFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C1A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#42C1A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C1A9

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C1A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C1A9	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c1a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.116 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4c2',
    500: '#42c1a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c1a9;
$custom-light: #86d4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c1a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.661,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73524,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C1A9

secondary

#CC939E

accent

#4E68DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C1A9

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

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