#42C0AE#42C0AE

#42C0AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.113 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C0AE
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 9.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -38.61, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 38.62, 181.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1126 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.113 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7328, 41.9103, 46.6114)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C0AE #C04254

analogous

#42C06F #42C0AE #4293C0

triadic

#42C0AE #AE42C0 #C0AE42

tetradic

#42C0AE #6F42C0 #C04254 #93C042

square

#42C0AE #6F42C0 #C04254 #93C042

split-complementary

#42C0AE #C04293 #C06F42

monochromatic

#22665C #319486 #42C0AE #70CFC2 #9EDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#42C0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C0AE

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C0AE	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.113 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3c6',
    500: '#42c0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c0ae;
$custom-light: #86d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73428,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C0AE

secondary

#CB939B

accent

#4E62DA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C0AE

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

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