#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
RGBrgb(66, 202, 160)
HSLhsl(161, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(161, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 20.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.50, -46.46, 10.42)
CIE-LCHlch(73.50, 47.61, 167.36°)
OKLaboklab(75.51% -0.1293 0.0267)
OKLCHoklch(75.51% 0.132 168.4)
XYZxyz(29.7092, 45.9341, 40.5513)
Luminance0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42CAA01.002.0610.1910.19
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1921.001.001.00
##00000010.1921.001.001.00

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

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#42CAA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva