#42C7A8#42C7A8

#42C7A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.123 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7A8
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 168)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 15.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -43.24, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 43.54, 173.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.1226 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.123 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7346, 44.8289, 44.1240)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7A8 #C74261

analogous

#42C766 #42C7A8 #42A4C7

triadic

#42C7A8 #A842C7 #C7A842

tetradic

#42C7A8 #6642C7 #C74261 #A4C742

square

#42C7A8 #6642C7 #C74261 #A4C742

split-complementary

#42C7A8 #C742A4 #C76642

monochromatic

#216E5C #2F9D83 #42C7A8 #71D5BE #A0E3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C7A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#42C7A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7A8

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7A8	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.123 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c1',
    500: '#42c7a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7a8;
$custom-light: #87d9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.015,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74983,
    "c": 0.12322,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7A8

secondary

#D095A3

accent

#4A6DDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7A8

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

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