#42C7AE#42C7AE

#42C7AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C7AE
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 12.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -41.73, 2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 41.78, 177.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.1198 0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.12 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3065, 45.0577, 47.1360)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C7AE #C7425B

analogous

#42C76C #42C7AE #429EC7

triadic

#42C7AE #AE42C7 #C7AE42

tetradic

#42C7AE #6C42C7 #C7425B #9EC742

square

#42C7AE #6C42C7 #C7425B #9EC742

split-complementary

#42C7AE #C7429E #C76C42

monochromatic

#216E5F #2F9D88 #42C7AE #71D5C2 #A0E3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#42C7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C7AE

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C7AE	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c6',
    500: '#42c7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c7ae;
$custom-light: #87d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.722,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75156,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C7AE

secondary

#D095A0

accent

#4A66DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C7AE

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

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