#42CCA7#42CCA7

#42CCA7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCA7
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 167)
HSL	hsl(164, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 18.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -45.64, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 46.29, 170.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.1281 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.13 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8111, 47.1305, 44.0250)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCA7 #CC4267

analogous

#42CC62 #42CCA7 #42ACCC

triadic

#42CCA7 #A742CC #CCA742

tetradic

#42CCA7 #6242CC #CC4267 #ACCC42

square

#42CCA7 #6242CC #CC4267 #ACCC42

split-complementary

#42CCA7 #CC42AC #CC6242

monochromatic

#1F745D #2CA484 #42CCA7 #72D9BD #A2E6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#42CCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCA7

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCA7	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BFA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcc1',
    500: '#42cca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cca7;
$custom-light: #87dcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76195,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCA7

secondary

#D397A7

accent

#4770E1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCA7

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

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