#42C2AA#42C2AA

#42C2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2AA
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 12.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -40.54, 1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 40.59, 177.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.1165 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.117 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7908, 42.6409, 44.7356)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2AA #C2425A

analogous

#42C26A #42C2AA #429AC2

triadic

#42C2AA #AA42C2 #C2AA42

tetradic

#42C2AA #6A42C2 #C2425A #9AC242

square

#42C2AA #6A42C2 #C2425A #9AC242

split-complementary

#42C2AA #C2429A #C26A42

monochromatic

#22685B #319683 #42C2AA #70D1BF #9FE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#42C2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2AA

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2AA	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5c3',
    500: '#42c2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2aa;
$custom-light: #86d5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2AA

secondary

#CC949E

accent

#4D68DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2AA

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

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