#42C8AC#42C8AC

#42C8AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.122 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8AC
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 14%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -42.68, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 42.82, 175.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.1217 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.122 176)
XYZ	xyz(30.3438, 45.4420, 46.1937)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8AC #C8425E

analogous

#42C869 #42C8AC #42A1C8

triadic

#42C8AC #AC42C8 #C8AC42

tetradic

#42C8AC #6942C8 #C8425E #A1C842

square

#42C8AC #6942C8 #C8425E #A1C842

split-complementary

#42C8AC #C842A1 #C86942

monochromatic

#206F5F #2E9F87 #42C8AC #71D6C1 #A1E4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#42C8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8AC

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8AC	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.122 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c4',
    500: '#42c8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8ac;
$custom-light: #87d9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.463,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75344,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.45445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8AC

secondary

#D096A2

accent

#4A69DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8AC

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

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