#42C1AE#42C1AE

#42C1AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.114 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C1AE
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 9.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -39.06, -0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 39.06, 180.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.1136 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.114 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9531, 42.3510, 46.6849)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C1AE #C14255

analogous

#42C16E #42C1AE #4294C1

triadic

#42C1AE #AE42C1 #C1AE42

tetradic

#42C1AE #6E42C1 #C14255 #94C142

square

#42C1AE #6E42C1 #C14255 #94C142

split-complementary

#42C1AE #C14294 #C16E42

monochromatic

#22675D #319586 #42C1AE #70D0C2 #9EDFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#42C1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C1AE

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C1AE	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.114 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d4c6',
    500: '#42c1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c1ae;
$custom-light: #86d4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.024,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C1AE

secondary

#CC939C

accent

#4E63DA

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C1AE

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

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