#42C7A2#42C7A2

#42C7A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7A2
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 162)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 18.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -44.71, 8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 45.44, 169.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.1253 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.127 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1885, 44.6105, 41.2478)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7A2 #C74267

analogous

#42C75F #42C7A2 #42AAC7

triadic

#42C7A2 #A242C7 #C7A242

tetradic

#42C7A2 #5F42C7 #C74267 #AAC742

square

#42C7A2 #5F42C7 #C74267 #AAC742

split-complementary

#42C7A2 #C742AA #C75F42

monochromatic

#216E58 #2F9D7E #42C7A2 #71D5B9 #A0E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C7A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#42C7A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7A2

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7A2	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9bd',
    500: '#42c7a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7a2;
$custom-light: #86d9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.308,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74817,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7A2

secondary

#D095A5

accent

#4A73DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7A2

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

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