#42AEAF#42AEAF

#42AEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEAF
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 175)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -29.90, -9.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 31.41, 197.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0933 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.097 196)
XYZ	xyz(25.1173, 34.5228, 45.8890)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEAF #AF4342

analogous

#42AF79 #42AEAF #4278AF

triadic

#42AEAF #AF42AE #AEAF42

tetradic

#42AEAF #7942AF #AF4342 #78AF42

square

#42AEAF #7942AF #AF4342 #78AF42

split-complementary

#42AEAF #AF4278 #AF7942

monochromatic

#205656 #318283 #42AEAF #68C5C6 #95D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#42AEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#42AEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEAF

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEAF	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)

#A3A6AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9299B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aeaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 196.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aeaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.55,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69028,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.34525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEAF

secondary

#C28B8A

accent

#5453D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEAF

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

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