#42C8A5#42C8A5

#42C8A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.126 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8A5
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(164, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 17.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -44.41, 7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 44.96, 171.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.125 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.126 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6891, 45.1801, 42.7460)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8A5 #C84265

analogous

#42C862 #42C8A5 #42A8C8

triadic

#42C8A5 #A542C8 #C8A542

tetradic

#42C8A5 #6242C8 #C84265 #A8C842

square

#42C8A5 #6242C8 #C84265 #A8C842

split-complementary

#42C8A5 #C842A8 #C86242

monochromatic

#206F5B #2E9F81 #42C8A5 #71D6BC #A1E4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#42C8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8A5

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8A5	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.126 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9bf',
    500: '#42c8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8a5;
$custom-light: #87d9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.328,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75147,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8A5

secondary

#D096A5

accent

#4A70DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8A5

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

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