#42C7A9#42C7A9

#42C7A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.123 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7A9
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 169)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -42.99, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 43.23, 173.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.1221 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.123 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8281, 44.8663, 44.6165)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7A9 #C74260

analogous

#42C767 #42C7A9 #42A3C7

triadic

#42C7A9 #A942C7 #C7A942

tetradic

#42C7A9 #6742C7 #C74260 #A3C742

square

#42C7A9 #6742C7 #C74260 #A3C742

split-complementary

#42C7A9 #C742A3 #C76742

monochromatic

#216E5D #2F9D84 #42C7A9 #71D5BE #A0E3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C7A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#42C7A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7A9

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7A9	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)

#C0BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.123 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c2',
    500: '#42c7a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7a9;
$custom-light: #87d9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.466,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75011,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7A9

secondary

#D095A2

accent

#4A6BDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7A9

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

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