#42D0AC#42D0AC

#42D0AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.131 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0AC
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 172)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 17.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -46.12, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 46.64, 171.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.1299 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.131 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2453, 49.2449, 46.8275)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0AC #D04266

analogous

#42D065 #42D0AC #42ADD0

triadic

#42D0AC #AC42D0 #D0AC42

tetradic

#42D0AC #6542D0 #D04266 #ADD042

square

#42D0AC #6542D0 #D04266 #ADD042

split-complementary

#42D0AC #D042AD #D06542

monochromatic

#1E7962 #2AAA8A #42D0AC #73DCC2 #A4E8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42D0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#42D0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0AC

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0AC	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.131 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfc4',
    500: '#42d0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0ac;
$custom-light: #88dfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.789,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77322,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0AC

secondary

#D599A8

accent

#446DE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0AC

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

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