#42C4AE#42C4AE

#42C4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4AE
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(170, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -40.40, 0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 40.41, 178.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.1167 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.117 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6230, 43.6908, 46.9082)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4AE #C44258

analogous

#42C46D #42C4AE #4299C4

triadic

#42C4AE #AE42C4 #C4AE42

tetradic

#42C4AE #6D42C4 #C44258 #99C442

square

#42C4AE #6D42C4 #C44258 #99C442

split-complementary

#42C4AE #C44299 #C46D42

monochromatic

#216A5E #309987 #42C4AE #71D3C2 #9FE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#42C4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4AE

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4AE	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6c6',
    500: '#42c4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4ae;
$custom-light: #86d6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74415,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4AE

secondary

#CE949E

accent

#4C64DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →