#42C8AE#42C8AE

#42C8AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8AE
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -42.17, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 42.24, 176.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.1208 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.121 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5373, 45.5194, 47.2129)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8AE #C8425C

analogous

#42C86B #42C8AE #429FC8

triadic

#42C8AE #AE42C8 #C8AE42

tetradic

#42C8AE #6B42C8 #C8425C #9FC842

square

#42C8AE #6B42C8 #C8425C #9FC842

split-complementary

#42C8AE #C8429F #C86B42

monochromatic

#206F60 #2E9F89 #42C8AE #71D6C2 #A1E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#42C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8AE

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8AE	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c6',
    500: '#42c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8ae;
$custom-light: #87d9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.358,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75402,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8AE

secondary

#D096A1

accent

#4A66DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8AE

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

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