#42AEAE#42AEAE

#42AEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEAE
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -30.18, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 31.53, 196.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0937 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.097 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0195, 34.4837, 45.3736)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEAE #AE4242

analogous

#42AE78 #42AEAE #4278AE

triadic

#42AEAE #AE42AE #AEAE42

tetradic

#42AEAE #7842AE #AE4242 #78AE42

square

#42AEAE #7842AE #AE4242 #78AE42

split-complementary

#42AEAE #AE4278 #AE7842

monochromatic

#205555 #318282 #42AEAE #68C6C6 #94D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#42AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#42AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEAE

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEAE	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6c6',
    500: '#42aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aeae;
$custom-light: #84c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68993,
    "c": 0.09707,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEAE

secondary

#C28A8A

accent

#5353D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEAE

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

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