#42C3AC#42C3AC

#42C3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.117 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C3AC
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 172)
HSL	hsl(169, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 11.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -40.47, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 40.49, 178.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.1166 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.117 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2047, 43.1638, 45.8140)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C3AC #C34259

analogous

#42C36B #42C3AC #4299C3

triadic

#42C3AC #AC42C3 #C3AC42

tetradic

#42C3AC #6B42C3 #C34259 #99C342

square

#42C3AC #6B42C3 #C34259 #99C342

split-complementary

#42C3AC #C34299 #C36B42

monochromatic

#21695C #309885 #42C3AC #70D2C0 #9FE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#42C3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3AC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C3AC	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.117 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6c4',
    500: '#42c3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c3ac;
$custom-light: #86d6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.302,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C3AC

secondary

#CD949E

accent

#4D66DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3AC

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

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