#42CEAF#42CEAF

#42CEAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.127 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEAF
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 175)
HSL	hsl(167, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 15%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -44.53, 4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 44.76, 174.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.1265 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.127 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0521, 48.3924, 48.2006)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEAF #CE4261

analogous

#42CE69 #42CEAF #42A7CE

triadic

#42CEAF #AF42CE #CEAF42

tetradic

#42CEAF #6942CE #CE4261 #A7CE42

square

#42CEAF #6942CE #CE4261 #A7CE42

split-complementary

#42CEAF #CE42A7 #CE6942

monochromatic

#1F7763 #2BA78C #42CEAF #73DBC4 #A3E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#42CEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEAF

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEAF	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.127 174.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76911,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEAF

secondary

#D498A5

accent

#4668E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEAF

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

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