#42C7A3#42C7A3

#42C7A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.126 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7A3
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 163)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 18.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -44.47, 7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 45.11, 170.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.1249 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.126 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2777, 44.6462, 41.7178)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7A3 #C74266

analogous

#42C760 #42C7A3 #42A9C7

triadic

#42C7A3 #A342C7 #C7A342

tetradic

#42C7A3 #6042C7 #C74266 #A9C742

square

#42C7A3 #6042C7 #C74266 #A9C742

split-complementary

#42C7A3 #C742A9 #C76042

monochromatic

#216E59 #2F9D7F #42C7A3 #71D5BA #A0E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C7A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#42C7A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7A3

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7A3	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFADA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.126 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9be',
    500: '#42c7a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7a3;
$custom-light: #86d9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.759,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74844,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7A3

secondary

#D095A5

accent

#4A72DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7A3

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

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