#42AE8A#42AE8A

#42AE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.113 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE8A
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(160, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -39.59, 9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 40.70, 166.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.1103 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.113 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9680, 33.2631, 29.3025)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE8A #AE4266

analogous

#42AE54 #42AE8A #429CAE

triadic

#42AE8A #8A42AE #AE8A42

tetradic

#42AE8A #5442AE #AE4266 #9CAE42

square

#42AE8A #5442AE #AE4266 #9CAE42

split-complementary

#42AE8A #AE429C #AE5442

monochromatic

#205544 #318267 #42AE8A #68C6A6 #94D6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#42AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#42AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE8A

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE8A	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B988C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.113 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c7ac',
    500: '#42ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae8a;
$custom-light: #82c7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67882,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE8A

secondary

#C28A9D

accent

#537ED5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE8A

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

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