#42CAA5#42CAA5

#42CAA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAA5
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 165)
HSL	hsl(164, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -45.27, 7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 45.95, 170.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.127 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.129 171)
XYZ	xyz(30.1554, 46.1126, 42.9014)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAA5 #CA4267

analogous

#42CA61 #42CAA5 #42ABCA

triadic

#42CAA5 #A542CA #CAA542

tetradic

#42CAA5 #6142CA #CA4267 #ABCA42

square

#42CAA5 #6142CA #CA4267 #ABCA42

split-complementary

#42CAA5 #CA42AB #CA6142

monochromatic

#20725B #2DA282 #42CAA5 #72D7BC #A2E5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#42CAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAA5

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAA5	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	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)

#C4BDA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AFA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbbf',
    500: '#42caa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caa5;
$custom-light: #87dbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.676,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75644,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.46116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAA5

secondary

#D196A6

accent

#4871DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAA5

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

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