#42CDAE#42CDAE

#42CDAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.126 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDAE
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -44.34, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 44.59, 174.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.1259 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.126 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7143, 47.8733, 47.6053)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDAE #CD4261

analogous

#42CD68 #42CDAE #42A6CD

triadic

#42CDAE #AE42CD #CDAE42

tetradic

#42CDAE #6842CD #CD4261 #A6CD42

square

#42CDAE #6842CD #CD4261 #A6CD42

split-complementary

#42CDAE #CD42A6 #CD6842

monochromatic

#1F7662 #2CA68B #42CDAE #72DAC3 #A3E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#42CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDAE

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDAE	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.126 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddc6',
    500: '#42cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdae;
$custom-light: #88ddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.619,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76636,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDAE

secondary

#D397A5

accent

#4669E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDAE

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

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