#42CCA2#42CCA2

#42CCA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.133 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCA2
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 162)
HSL	hsl(162, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 20.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -46.83, 10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 47.94, 167.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.1304 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.133 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3578, 46.9492, 41.6376)
Luminance	0.4695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCA2 #CC426C

analogous

#42CC5D #42CCA2 #42B1CC

triadic

#42CCA2 #A242CC #CCA242

tetradic

#42CCA2 #5D42CC #CC426C #B1CC42

square

#42CCA2 #5D42CC #CC426C #B1CC42

split-complementary

#42CCA2 #CC42B1 #CC5D42

monochromatic

#1F745A #2CA480 #42CCA2 #72D9BA #A2E6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#42CCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCA2

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCA2	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BEA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.133 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcbd',
    500: '#42cca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cca2;
$custom-light: #87dcbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76062,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCA2

secondary

#D397A9

accent

#4776E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCA2

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

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