#42C8A8#42C8A8

#42C8A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.124 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8A8
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -43.68, 5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 44.02, 172.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.1236 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.124 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9654, 45.2906, 44.2009)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8A8 #C84262

analogous

#42C865 #42C8A8 #42A5C8

triadic

#42C8A8 #A842C8 #C8A842

tetradic

#42C8A8 #6542C8 #C84262 #A5C842

square

#42C8A8 #6542C8 #C84262 #A5C842

split-complementary

#42C8A8 #C842A5 #C86542

monochromatic

#206F5C #2E9F84 #42C8A8 #71D6BE #A1E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#42C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8A8

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8A8	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.124 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c1',
    500: '#42c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8a8;
$custom-light: #87d9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.672,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75231,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8A8

secondary

#D096A4

accent

#4A6DDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8A8

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

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