#42CAA0#42CAA0

#42CAA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.132 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAA0
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 160)
HSL	hsl(161, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 20.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -46.46, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 47.61, 167.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.1293 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.132 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7092, 45.9341, 40.5513)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAA0 #CA426C

analogous

#42CA5C #42CAA0 #42B0CA

triadic

#42CAA0 #A042CA #CAA042

tetradic

#42CAA0 #5C42CA #CA426C #B0CA42

square

#42CAA0 #5C42CA #CA426C #B0CA42

split-complementary

#42CAA0 #CA42B0 #CA5C42

monochromatic

#207258 #2DA27E #42CAA0 #72D7B8 #A2E5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#42CAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAA0

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAA0	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.132 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbbc',
    500: '#42caa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caa0;
$custom-light: #87dbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75511,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAA0

secondary

#D196A9

accent

#4877DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAA0

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

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