#42CAA9#42CAA9

#42CAA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAA9
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 169)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -44.29, 5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 44.68, 172.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.1252 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.126 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5251, 46.2605, 44.8488)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAA9 #CA4263

analogous

#42CA65 #42CAA9 #42A7CA

triadic

#42CAA9 #A942CA #CAA942

tetradic

#42CAA9 #6542CA #CA4263 #A7CA42

square

#42CAA9 #6542CA #CA4263 #A7CA42

split-complementary

#42CAA9 #CA42A7 #CA6542

monochromatic

#20725E #2DA285 #42CAA9 #72D7BF #A2E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#42CAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAA9

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAA9	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc2',
    500: '#42caa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caa9;
$custom-light: #87dbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.441,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75754,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAA9

secondary

#D196A5

accent

#486DDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAA9

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

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