#42CAAC#42CAAC

#42CAAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAAC
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 14.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -43.55, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 43.76, 174.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.1238 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.124 175)
XYZ	xyz(30.8100, 46.3744, 46.3491)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAAC #CA4260

analogous

#42CA68 #42CAAC #42A4CA

triadic

#42CAAC #AC42CA #CAAC42

tetradic

#42CAAC #6842CA #CA4260 #A4CA42

square

#42CAAC #6842CA #CA4260 #A4CA42

split-complementary

#42CAAC #CA42A4 #CA6842

monochromatic

#207260 #2DA288 #42CAAC #72D7C1 #A2E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#42CAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAAC

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAAC	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BDAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc4',
    500: '#42caac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caac;
$custom-light: #87dbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.765,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75839,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.46378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAAC

secondary

#D196A3

accent

#486ADF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAAC

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

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