#42C8AA#42C8AA

#42C8AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.123 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8AA
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 15%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -43.18, 4.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 43.41, 174.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.1227 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.123 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1532, 45.3657, 45.1897)
Luminance	0.4537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8AA #C84260

analogous

#42C867 #42C8AA #42A3C8

triadic

#42C8AA #AA42C8 #C8AA42

tetradic

#42C8AA #6742C8 #C84260 #A3C842

square

#42C8AA #6742C8 #C84260 #A3C842

split-complementary

#42C8AA #C842A3 #C86742

monochromatic

#206F5E #2E9F85 #42C8AA #71D6BF #A1E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#42C8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8AA

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8AA	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	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)

#C1BCA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.123 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c3',
    500: '#42c8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8aa;
$custom-light: #87d9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.567,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75287,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8AA

secondary

#D096A3

accent

#4A6BDE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8AA

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

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