#42C5A8#42C5A8

#42C5A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.121 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C5A8
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 168)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 14.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -42.37, 4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 42.58, 174.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.1205 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.121 175)
XYZ	xyz(29.2774, 43.9147, 43.9716)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C5A8 #C5425F

analogous

#42C567 #42C5A8 #42A0C5

triadic

#42C5A8 #A842C5 #C5A842

tetradic

#42C5A8 #6742C5 #C5425F #A0C542

square

#42C5A8 #6742C5 #C5425F #A0C542

split-complementary

#42C5A8 #C542A0 #C56742

monochromatic

#216C5B #2F9A83 #42C5A8 #71D3BE #A0E2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#42C5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C5A8

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C5A8	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.121 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7c1',
    500: '#42c5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c5a8;
$custom-light: #86d7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.718,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74487,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.43918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C5A8

secondary

#CE95A1

accent

#4B6BDC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C5A8

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

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