#42CEAA#42CEAA

#42CEAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.130 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEAA
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 17.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -45.76, 7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 46.31, 171.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.1288 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.13 172)
XYZ	xyz(31.5701, 48.1996, 45.6621)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEAA #CE4266

analogous

#42CE64 #42CEAA #42ACCE

triadic

#42CEAA #AA42CE #CEAA42

tetradic

#42CEAA #6442CE #CE4266 #ACCE42

square

#42CEAA #6442CE #CE4266 #ACCE42

split-complementary

#42CEAA #CE42AC #CE6442

monochromatic

#1F7760 #2BA788 #42CEAA #73DBC0 #A3E7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#42CEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEAA

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEAA	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.130 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec3',
    500: '#42ceaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceaa;
$custom-light: #88dec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76772,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.48203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEAA

secondary

#D498A7

accent

#466EE2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEAA

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

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