#42C2AC#42C2AC

#42C2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.116 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2AC
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 11.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -40.03, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 40.04, 178.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.1156 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.116 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9814, 42.7172, 45.7396)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2AC #C24258

analogous

#42C26C #42C2AC #4298C2

triadic

#42C2AC #AC42C2 #C2AC42

tetradic

#42C2AC #6C42C2 #C24258 #98C242

square

#42C2AC #6C42C2 #C24258 #98C242

split-complementary

#42C2AC #C24298 #C26C42

monochromatic

#22685C #319685 #42C2AC #70D1C0 #9FE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#42C2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2AC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2AC	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.116 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5c4',
    500: '#42c2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2ac;
$custom-light: #86d5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.688,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73861,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2AC

secondary

#CC949D

accent

#4D65DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2AC

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

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