#42CAA2#42CAA2

#42CAA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAA2
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 162)
HSL	hsl(162, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 19.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, -45.99, 9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 46.94, 168.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1284 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.131 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8855, 46.0046, 41.4802)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAA2 #CA426A

analogous

#42CA5E #42CAA2 #42AECA

triadic

#42CAA2 #A242CA #CAA242

tetradic

#42CAA2 #5E42CA #CA426A #AECA42

square

#42CAA2 #5E42CA #CA426A #AECA42

split-complementary

#42CAA2 #CA42AE #CA5E42

monochromatic

#20725A #2DA27F #42CAA2 #72D7BA #A2E5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#42CAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAA2

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAA2	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BDA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbbd',
    500: '#42caa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caa2;
$custom-light: #87dbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75564,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAA2

secondary

#D196A8

accent

#4875DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAA2

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

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