#42C7AC#42C7AC

#42C7AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.121 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7AC
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 13.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -42.24, 3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 42.35, 175.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.1207 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.121 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1129, 44.9803, 46.1168)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7AC #C7425D

analogous

#42C76A #42C7AC #429FC7

triadic

#42C7AC #AC42C7 #C7AC42

tetradic

#42C7AC #6A42C7 #C7425D #9FC742

square

#42C7AC #6A42C7 #C7425D #9FC742

split-complementary

#42C7AC #C7429F #C76A42

monochromatic

#216E5E #2F9D87 #42C7AC #71D5C1 #A0E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C7AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#42C7AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7AC

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7AC	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BBAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.121 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c4',
    500: '#42c7ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7ac;
$custom-light: #87d9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.82,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75097,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7AC

secondary

#D095A1

accent

#4A68DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7AC

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

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