#42C8A1#42C8A1

#42C8A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8A1
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 161)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 19.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -45.38, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 46.27, 168.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.1268 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.129 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3308, 45.0368, 40.8585)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8A1 #C84269

analogous

#42C85E #42C8A1 #42ACC8

triadic

#42C8A1 #A142C8 #C8A142

tetradic

#42C8A1 #5E42C8 #C84269 #ACC842

square

#42C8A1 #5E42C8 #C84269 #ACC842

split-complementary

#42C8A1 #C842AC #C85E42

monochromatic

#206F58 #2E9F7E #42C8A1 #71D6B9 #A1E4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#42C8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8A1

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8A1	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9bc',
    500: '#42c8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8a1;
$custom-light: #86d9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.537,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75039,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8A1

secondary

#D096A7

accent

#4A75DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8A1

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

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