#42C5A2#42C5A2

#42C5A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C5A2
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 17.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -43.85, 7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 44.45, 170.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.1233 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.125 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7313, 43.6962, 41.0954)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C5A2 #C54265

analogous

#42C561 #42C5A2 #42A7C5

triadic

#42C5A2 #A242C5 #C5A242

tetradic

#42C5A2 #6142C5 #C54265 #A7C542

square

#42C5A2 #6142C5 #C54265 #A7C542

split-complementary

#42C5A2 #C542A7 #C56142

monochromatic

#216C58 #2F9A7E #42C5A2 #71D3B9 #A0E2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#42C5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C5A2

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C5A2	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7bd',
    500: '#42c5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c5a2;
$custom-light: #86d7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.969,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74319,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C5A2

secondary

#CE95A4

accent

#4B72DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C5A2

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

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