#42CAAF#42CAAF

#42CAAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAAF
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 13.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -42.79, 2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 42.89, 176.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.1224 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.123 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1014, 46.4910, 47.8837)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAAF #CA425D

analogous

#42CA6B #42CAAF #42A1CA

triadic

#42CAAF #AF42CA #CAAF42

tetradic

#42CAAF #6B42CA #CA425D #A1CA42

square

#42CAAF #6B42CA #CA425D #A1CA42

split-complementary

#42CAAF #CA42A1 #CA6B42

monochromatic

#207261 #2DA28A #42CAAF #72D7C3 #A2E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#42CAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAAF

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAAF	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc6',
    500: '#42caaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caaf;
$custom-light: #87dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75925,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAAF

secondary

#D196A2

accent

#4866DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAAF

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

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