#42CAAE#42CAAE

#42CAAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAAE
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -43.04, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 43.17, 175.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.1229 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.123 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0035, 46.4518, 47.3683)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAAE #CA425E

analogous

#42CA6A #42CAAE #42A2CA

triadic

#42CAAE #AE42CA #CAAE42

tetradic

#42CAAE #6A42CA #CA425E #A2CA42

square

#42CAAE #6A42CA #CA425E #A2CA42

split-complementary

#42CAAE #CA42A2 #CA6A42

monochromatic

#207261 #2DA28A #42CAAE #72D7C2 #A2E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#42CAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAAE

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAAE	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc6',
    500: '#42caae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caae;
$custom-light: #87dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75896,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAAE

secondary

#D196A3

accent

#4867DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAAE

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

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