#42C8A0#42C8A0

#42C8A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.130 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8A0
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 160)
HSL	hsl(162, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 20%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -45.62, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 46.60, 168.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.1273 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.13 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2429, 45.0016, 40.3959)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8A0 #C8426A

analogous

#42C85D #42C8A0 #42ADC8

triadic

#42C8A0 #A042C8 #C8A042

tetradic

#42C8A0 #5D42C8 #C8426A #ADC842

square

#42C8A0 #5D42C8 #C8426A #ADC842

split-complementary

#42C8A0 #C842AD #C85D42

monochromatic

#206F58 #2E9F7D #42C8A0 #71D6B8 #A1E4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#42C8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8A0

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8A0	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)

#C3BB9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1ADA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9bc',
    500: '#42c8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8a0;
$custom-light: #86d9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.09,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75013,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8A0

secondary

#D096A7

accent

#4A76DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8A0

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

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