#42AEAC#42AEAC

#42AEAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.097 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEAC
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -30.75, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 31.80, 194.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0946 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.097 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8259, 34.4063, 44.3544)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEAC #AE4244

analogous

#42AE76 #42AEAC #427AAE

triadic

#42AEAC #AC42AE #AEAC42

tetradic

#42AEAC #7642AE #AE4244 #7AAE42

square

#42AEAC #7642AE #AE4244 #7AAE42

split-complementary

#42AEAC #AE427A #AE7642

monochromatic

#205554 #318280 #42AEAC #68C6C4 #94D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#42AEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#42AEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEAC

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEAC	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.097 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6c4',
    500: '#42aeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aeac;
$custom-light: #83c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68923,
    "c": 0.09723,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEAC

secondary

#C28A8B

accent

#5356D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEAC

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

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