#42D0AE#42D0AE

#42D0AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.130 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0AE
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 16.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -45.63, 5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 46.02, 172.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.1289 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.13 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4388, 49.3223, 47.8468)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0AE #D04264

analogous

#42D067 #42D0AE #42ABD0

triadic

#42D0AE #AE42D0 #D0AE42

tetradic

#42D0AE #6742D0 #D04264 #ABD042

square

#42D0AE #6742D0 #D04264 #ABD042

split-complementary

#42D0AE #D042AB #D06742

monochromatic

#1E7964 #2AAA8C #42D0AE #73DCC3 #A4E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42D0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#42D0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0AE

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0AE	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.130 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfc6',
    500: '#42d0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0ae;
$custom-light: #88dfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.634,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77377,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0AE

secondary

#D599A7

accent

#446BE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →