#42C5AE#42C5AE

#42C5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C5AE
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -40.85, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 40.86, 178.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.1177 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.118 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8493, 44.1434, 46.9836)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C5AE #C54259

analogous

#42C56D #42C5AE #429AC5

triadic

#42C5AE #AE42C5 #C5AE42

tetradic

#42C5AE #6D42C5 #C54259 #9AC542

square

#42C5AE #6D42C5 #C54259 #9AC542

split-complementary

#42C5AE #C5429A #C56D42

monochromatic

#216C5E #2F9A88 #42C5AE #71D3C2 #A0E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#42C5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C5AE

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C5AE	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d7c6',
    500: '#42c5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c5ae;
$custom-light: #87d7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.466,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74662,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C5AE

secondary

#CE959F

accent

#4B65DC

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C5AE

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

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