#42AEA2#42AEA2

#42AEA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.099 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEA2
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 162)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 6.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -33.51, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 33.64, 185.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0991 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.099 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9014, 34.0365, 39.4855)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEA2 #AE424E

analogous

#42AE6C #42AEA2 #4284AE

triadic

#42AEA2 #A242AE #AEA242

tetradic

#42AEA2 #6C42AE #AE424E #84AE42

square

#42AEA2 #6C42AE #AE424E #84AE42

split-complementary

#42AEA2 #AE4284 #AE6C42

monochromatic

#20554F #318279 #42AEA2 #68C6BB #94D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#42AEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#42AEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEA2

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEA2	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.099 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6bd',
    500: '#42aea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aea2;
$custom-light: #83c6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6859,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEA2

secondary

#C28A90

accent

#5362D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEA2

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

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