#42C8AF#42C8AF

#42C8AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8AF
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 175)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 12.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -41.91, 1.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 41.96, 177.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.1204 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.12 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6352, 45.5585, 47.7283)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8AF #C8425B

analogous

#42C86C #42C8AF #429EC8

triadic

#42C8AF #AF42C8 #C8AF42

tetradic

#42C8AF #6C42C8 #C8425B #9EC842

square

#42C8AF #6C42C8 #C8425B #9EC842

split-complementary

#42C8AF #C8429E #C86C42

monochromatic

#206F61 #2E9F8A #42C8AF #71D6C3 #A1E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#42C8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8AF

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8AF	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAEB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c6',
    500: '#42c8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8af;
$custom-light: #87d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.806,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75432,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8AF

secondary

#D096A1

accent

#4A65DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8AF

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

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