#42C8A9#42C8A9

#42C8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.124 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8A9
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(166, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 15.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -43.43, 5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 43.71, 173.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.1231 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.124 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0589, 45.3280, 44.6934)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8A9 #C84261

analogous

#42C866 #42C8A9 #42A4C8

triadic

#42C8A9 #A942C8 #C8A942

tetradic

#42C8A9 #6642C8 #C84261 #A4C842

square

#42C8A9 #6642C8 #C84261 #A4C842

split-complementary

#42C8A9 #C842A4 #C86642

monochromatic

#206F5D #2E9F85 #42C8A9 #71D6BF #A1E4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42C8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#42C8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8A9

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8A9	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAEAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.124 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c2',
    500: '#42c8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8a9;
$custom-light: #87d9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.119,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.12376,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8A9

secondary

#D096A3

accent

#4A6CDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8A9

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

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