#42C7AD#42C7AD

#42C7AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7AD
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 13.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -41.99, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 42.06, 176.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1203 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.12 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2093, 45.0189, 46.6245)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7AD #C7425C

analogous

#42C76B #42C7AD #429EC7

triadic

#42C7AD #AD42C7 #C7AD42

tetradic

#42C7AD #6B42C7 #C7425C #9EC742

square

#42C7AD #6B42C7 #C7425C #9EC742

split-complementary

#42C7AD #C7429E #C76B42

monochromatic

#216E5F #2F9D88 #42C7AD #71D5C1 #A0E3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C7AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#42C7AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7AD

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7AD	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)

#BFBBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c5',
    500: '#42c7ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7ad;
$custom-light: #87d9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.271,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75126,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7AD

secondary

#D095A1

accent

#4A67DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7AD

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

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