#42C3A4#42C3A4

#42C3A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C3A4
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 164)
HSL	hsl(166, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 15.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -42.50, 5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 42.83, 172.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.1203 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.121 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4594, 42.8657, 41.8888)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C3A4 #C34261

analogous

#42C363 #42C3A4 #42A1C3

triadic

#42C3A4 #A442C3 #C3A442

tetradic

#42C3A4 #6342C3 #C34261 #A1C342

square

#42C3A4 #6342C3 #C34261 #A1C342

split-complementary

#42C3A4 #C342A1 #C36342

monochromatic

#216958 #30987F #42C3A4 #70D2BA #9FE0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#42C3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3A4

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C3A4	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6bf',
    500: '#42c3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c3a4;
$custom-light: #86d6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.581,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73876,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C3A4

secondary

#CD94A2

accent

#4D6FDB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3A4

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

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