#42CFAC#42CFAC

#42CFAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.130 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFAC
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 172)
HSL	hsl(165, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 16.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -45.70, 6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 46.16, 171.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.1288 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.13 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0022, 48.7588, 46.7465)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFAC #CF4265

analogous

#42CF65 #42CFAC #42ACCF

triadic

#42CFAC #AC42CF #CFAC42

tetradic

#42CFAC #6542CF #CF4265 #ACCF42

square

#42CFAC #6542CF #CF4265 #ACCF42

split-complementary

#42CFAC #CF42AC #CF6542

monochromatic

#1F7862 #2BA98A #42CFAC #73DBC1 #A4E8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#42CFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFAC

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFAC	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.130 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec4',
    500: '#42cfac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfac;
$custom-light: #88dec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.106,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77075,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFAC

secondary

#D598A7

accent

#456CE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFAC

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

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