#42C8A4#42C8A4

#42C8A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8A4
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 164)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 18%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -44.66, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 45.29, 170.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.1254 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.127 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5985, 45.1438, 42.2685)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8A4 #C84266

analogous

#42C861 #42C8A4 #42A9C8

triadic

#42C8A4 #A442C8 #C8A442

tetradic

#42C8A4 #6142C8 #C84266 #A9C842

square

#42C8A4 #6142C8 #C84266 #A9C842

split-complementary

#42C8A4 #C842A9 #C86142

monochromatic

#206F5A #2E9F80 #42C8A4 #71D6BB #A1E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#42C8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8A4

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8A4	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AEA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9bf',
    500: '#42c8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8a4;
$custom-light: #86d9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.881,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7512,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8A4

secondary

#D096A5

accent

#4A71DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8A4

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

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