#42C8AB#42C8AB

#42C8AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.123 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8AB
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -42.93, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 43.11, 174.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.1222 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.123 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2481, 45.4037, 45.6898)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8AB #C8425F

analogous

#42C868 #42C8AB #42A2C8

triadic

#42C8AB #AB42C8 #C8AB42

tetradic

#42C8AB #6842C8 #C8425F #A2C842

square

#42C8AB #6842C8 #C8425F #A2C842

split-complementary

#42C8AB #C842A2 #C86842

monochromatic

#206F5E #2E9F86 #42C8AB #71D6C0 #A1E4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#42C8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8AB

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8AB	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.123 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c4',
    500: '#42c8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8ab;
$custom-light: #87d9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.015,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75316,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8AB

secondary

#D096A2

accent

#4A6ADE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8AB

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

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