#42CAA4#42CAA4

#42CAA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAA4
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 164)
HSL	hsl(163, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 18.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, -45.51, 8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 46.28, 169.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.1275 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.129 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0647, 46.0763, 42.4239)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAA4 #CA4268

analogous

#42CA60 #42CAA4 #42ACCA

triadic

#42CAA4 #A442CA #CAA442

tetradic

#42CAA4 #6042CA #CA4268 #ACCA42

square

#42CAA4 #6042CA #CA4268 #ACCA42

split-complementary

#42CAA4 #CA42AC #CA6042

monochromatic

#20725B #2DA281 #42CAA4 #72D7BB #A2E5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#42CAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAA4

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAA4	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BDA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbbf',
    500: '#42caa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caa4;
$custom-light: #87dbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75617,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAA4

secondary

#D196A7

accent

#4873DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAA4

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

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