#42C7AA#42C7AA

#42C7AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.122 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7AA
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 170)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 14.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -42.74, 4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 42.94, 174.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.1216 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.122 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9223, 44.9040, 45.1128)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7AA #C7425F

analogous

#42C767 #42C7AA #42A2C7

triadic

#42C7AA #AA42C7 #C7AA42

tetradic

#42C7AA #6742C7 #C7425F #A2C742

square

#42C7AA #6742C7 #C7425F #A2C742

split-complementary

#42C7AA #C742A2 #C76742

monochromatic

#216E5D #2F9D85 #42C7AA #71D5BF #A0E3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C7AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#42C7AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7AA

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7AA	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.122 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c3',
    500: '#42c7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7aa;
$custom-light: #87d9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.917,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75039,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7AA

secondary

#D095A2

accent

#4A6ADE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7AA

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

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