#42CAAA#42CAAA

#42CAAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.125 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAAA
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 170)
HSL	hsl(166, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 15.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -44.04, 5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 44.37, 173.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.1247 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.125 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6194, 46.2982, 45.3451)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAAA #CA4262

analogous

#42CA66 #42CAAA #42A6CA

triadic

#42CAAA #AA42CA #CAAA42

tetradic

#42CAAA #6642CA #CA4262 #A6CA42

square

#42CAAA #6642CA #CA4262 #A6CA42

split-complementary

#42CAAA #CA42A6 #CA6642

monochromatic

#20725E #2DA286 #42CAAA #72D7BF #A2E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#42CAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAAA

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAAA	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.125 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc3',
    500: '#42caaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caaa;
$custom-light: #87dbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75782,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAAA

secondary

#D196A4

accent

#486CDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAAA

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

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