#42C7AF#42C7AF

#42C7AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.119 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7AF
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 12.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -41.47, 1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 41.50, 177.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.1193 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.119 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4043, 45.0968, 47.6513)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7AF #C7425A

analogous

#42C76D #42C7AF #429DC7

triadic

#42C7AF #AF42C7 #C7AF42

tetradic

#42C7AF #6D42C7 #C7425A #9DC742

square

#42C7AF #6D42C7 #C7425A #9DC742

split-complementary

#42C7AF #C7429D #C76D42

monochromatic

#216E60 #2F9D89 #42C7AF #71D5C3 #A0E3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C7AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#42C7AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7AF

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7AF	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.119 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d8c6',
    500: '#42c7af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7af;
$custom-light: #87d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.173,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75185,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7AF

secondary

#D095A0

accent

#4A65DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7AF

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

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