#42C8A7#42C8A7

#42C8A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.125 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8A7
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 167)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 16.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -43.92, 6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 44.33, 172.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.124 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.125 173)
XYZ	xyz(29.8726, 45.2535, 43.7122)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8A7 #C84263

analogous

#42C864 #42C8A7 #42A6C8

triadic

#42C8A7 #A742C8 #C8A742

tetradic

#42C8A7 #6442C8 #C84263 #A6C842

square

#42C8A7 #6442C8 #C84263 #A6C842

split-complementary

#42C8A7 #C842A6 #C86442

monochromatic

#206F5C #2E9F83 #42C8A7 #71D6BD #A1E4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#42C8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8A7

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8A7	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.125 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c1',
    500: '#42c8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8a7;
$custom-light: #87d9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.224,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75203,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.45257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8A7

secondary

#D096A4

accent

#4A6EDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8A7

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

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