#42C6AE#42C6AE

#42C6AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6AE
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 12.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -41.29, 1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 41.32, 177.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.1188 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.119 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0771, 44.5990, 47.0595)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6AE #C6425A

analogous

#42C66C #42C6AE #429CC6

triadic

#42C6AE #AE42C6 #C6AE42

tetradic

#42C6AE #6C42C6 #C6425A #9CC642

square

#42C6AE #6C42C6 #C6425A #9CC642

split-complementary

#42C6AE #C6429C #C66C42

monochromatic

#216D5F #2F9C88 #42C6AE #71D4C2 #A0E2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#42C6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6AE

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6AE	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d8c6',
    500: '#42c6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6ae;
$custom-light: #87d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6AE

secondary

#CF959F

accent

#4B65DD

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6AE

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

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