#42C2AE#42C2AE

#42C2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.115 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2AE
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 10.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -39.51, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 39.51, 180.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.1147 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.115 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1749, 42.7946, 46.7588)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2AE #C24256

analogous

#42C26E #42C2AE #4296C2

triadic

#42C2AE #AE42C2 #C2AE42

tetradic

#42C2AE #6E42C2 #C24256 #96C242

square

#42C2AE #6E42C2 #C24256 #96C242

split-complementary

#42C2AE #C24296 #C26E42

monochromatic

#22685D #319686 #42C2AE #70D1C2 #9FE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#42C2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2AE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2AE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.115 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d5c6',
    500: '#42c2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2ae;
$custom-light: #86d5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.625,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73921,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2AE

secondary

#CC949C

accent

#4D63DB

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2AE

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

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