#42C8A2#42C8A2

#42C8A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8A2
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 162)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -45.14, 8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 45.94, 169.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.1264 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.128 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4193, 45.0722, 41.3248)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8A2 #C84268

analogous

#42C85F #42C8A2 #42ABC8

triadic

#42C8A2 #A242C8 #C8A242

tetradic

#42C8A2 #5F42C8 #C84268 #ABC842

square

#42C8A2 #5F42C8 #C84268 #ABC842

split-complementary

#42C8A2 #C842AB #C85F42

monochromatic

#206F59 #2E9F7F #42C8A2 #71D6B9 #A1E4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#42C8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8A2

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8A2	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)

#C2BBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9bd',
    500: '#42c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8a2;
$custom-light: #86d9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.985,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75066,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8A2

secondary

#D096A6

accent

#4A74DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8A2

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

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