#42CCAE#42CCAE

#42CCAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.125 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCAE
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 14.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -43.91, 4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 44.12, 174.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1249 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.125 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4758, 47.3964, 47.5258)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCAE #CC4260

analogous

#42CC69 #42CCAE #42A5CC

triadic

#42CCAE #AE42CC #CCAE42

tetradic

#42CCAE #6942CC #CC4260 #A5CC42

square

#42CCAE #6942CC #CC4260 #A5CC42

split-complementary

#42CCAE #CC42A5 #CC6942

monochromatic

#1F7462 #2CA48A #42CCAE #72D9C3 #A2E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#42CCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCAE

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCAE	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.125 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dcc6',
    500: '#42ccae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccae;
$custom-light: #88dcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7639,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCAE

secondary

#D397A4

accent

#4768E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCAE

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

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