#42CAAD#42CAAD

#42CAAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.124 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAAD
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -43.30, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 43.47, 174.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.1233 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.124 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9064, 46.4130, 46.8568)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAAD #CA425F

analogous

#42CA69 #42CAAD #42A3CA

triadic

#42CAAD #AD42CA #CAAD42

tetradic

#42CAAD #6942CA #CA425F #A3CA42

square

#42CAAD #6942CA #CA425F #A3CA42

split-complementary

#42CAAD #CA42A3 #CA6942

monochromatic

#207260 #2DA289 #42CAAD #72D7C2 #A2E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#42CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAAD

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAAD	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)

#C3BEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.124 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc5',
    500: '#42caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caad;
$custom-light: #87dbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.206,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75867,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAAD

secondary

#D196A3

accent

#4869DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAAD

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

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