#42D2AC#42D2AC

#42D2AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.133 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2AC
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 172)
HSL	hsl(164, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 18.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -46.97, 7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 47.62, 170.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.1319 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.133 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7359, 50.2263, 46.9911)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2AC #D24268

analogous

#42D264 #42D2AC #42B0D2

triadic

#42D2AC #AC42D2 #D2AC42

tetradic

#42D2AC #6442D2 #D24268 #B0D242

square

#42D2AC #6442D2 #D24268 #B0D242

split-complementary

#42D2AC #D242B0 #D26442

monochromatic

#1E7C63 #29AD8B #42D2AC #73DEC2 #A5EAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42D2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#42D2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2AC

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2AC	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.133 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e0c4',
    500: '#42d2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2ac;
$custom-light: #88e0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77816,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2AC

secondary

#843449

accent

#436EE5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2AC

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

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