#42AEA4#42AEA4

#42AEA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.099 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEA4
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 164)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -32.96, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 33.21, 186.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0982 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.099 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0806, 34.1081, 40.4292)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEA4 #AE424C

analogous

#42AE6E #42AEA4 #4282AE

triadic

#42AEA4 #A442AE #AEA442

tetradic

#42AEA4 #6E42AE #AE424C #82AE42

square

#42AEA4 #6E42AE #AE424C #82AE42

split-complementary

#42AEA4 #AE4282 #AE6E42

monochromatic

#205550 #31827A #42AEA4 #68C6BD #94D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#42AEA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#42AEA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEA4

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEA4	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.099 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6be',
    500: '#42aea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aea4;
$custom-light: #83c6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.444,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68655,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEA4

secondary

#C28A8F

accent

#535FD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEA4

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

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