#42AE7E#42AE7E

#42AE7E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.123 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE7E
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 126)
HSL	hsl(153, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(153, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 27.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -42.32, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 45.13, 159.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.116 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.123 161)
XYZ	xyz(21.1467, 32.9346, 24.9772)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE7E #AE4272

analogous

#42AE48 #42AE7E #42A8AE

triadic

#42AE7E #7E42AE #AE7E42

tetradic

#42AE7E #4842AE #AE4272 #A8AE42

square

#42AE7E #4842AE #AE4272 #A8AE42

split-complementary

#42AE7E #AE42A8 #AE4842

monochromatic

#20553E #31825E #42AE7E #68C69C #94D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#42AE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#42AE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE7E

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE7E	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA27B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.123 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7a3',
    500: '#42ae7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae7e;
$custom-light: #81c7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67577,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.32937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE7E

secondary

#C28AA3

accent

#538DD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F3

border

#CAD1CD

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE7E

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

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