#42CFAE#42CFAE

#42CFAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.129 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFAE
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 15.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -45.20, 5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 45.54, 173.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.1279 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.129 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1957, 48.8362, 47.7657)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFAE #CF4263

analogous

#42CF67 #42CFAE #42AACF

triadic

#42CFAE #AE42CF #CFAE42

tetradic

#42CFAE #6742CF #CF4263 #AACF42

square

#42CFAE #6742CF #CF4263 #AACF42

split-complementary

#42CFAE #CF42AA #CF6742

monochromatic

#1F7863 #2BA98B #42CFAE #73DBC3 #A4E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#42CFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFAE

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFAE	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.129 173.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.957,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7713,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFAE

secondary

#D598A6

accent

#456AE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFAE

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

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