#42C5AA#42C5AA

#42C5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.120 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C5AA
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 13.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -41.87, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 41.99, 175.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.1196 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.12 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4652, 43.9898, 44.9604)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C5AA #C5425D

analogous

#42C569 #42C5AA #429EC5

triadic

#42C5AA #AA42C5 #C5AA42

tetradic

#42C5AA #6942C5 #C5425D #9EC542

square

#42C5AA #6942C5 #C5425D #9EC542

split-complementary

#42C5AA #C5429E #C56942

monochromatic

#216C5C #2F9A84 #42C5AA #71D3BF #A0E2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#42C5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C5AA

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C5AA	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.120 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7c3',
    500: '#42c5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c5aa;
$custom-light: #86d7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.634,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74544,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C5AA

secondary

#CE95A0

accent

#4B69DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C5AA

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

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