#42CEAE#42CEAE

#42CEAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEAE
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -44.78, 5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 45.06, 173.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.1269 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.128 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9542, 48.3532, 47.6852)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEAE #CE4262

analogous

#42CE68 #42CEAE #42A8CE

triadic

#42CEAE #AE42CE #CEAE42

tetradic

#42CEAE #6842CE #CE4262 #A8CE42

square

#42CEAE #6842CE #CE4262 #A8CE42

split-complementary

#42CEAE #CE42A8 #CE6842

monochromatic

#1F7763 #2BA78B #42CEAE #73DBC3 #A3E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#42CEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEAE

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEAE	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec6',
    500: '#42ceae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceae;
$custom-light: #88dec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76883,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEAE

secondary

#D498A6

accent

#4669E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEAE

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

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