#42D1AE#42D1AE

#42D1AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.131 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1AE
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 16.7%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -46.06, 6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 46.50, 172.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.1299 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.131 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6834, 49.8115, 47.9283)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1AE #D14265

analogous

#42D167 #42D1AE #42ACD1

triadic

#42D1AE #AE42D1 #D1AE42

tetradic

#42D1AE #6742D1 #D14265 #ACD142

square

#42D1AE #6742D1 #D14265 #ACD142

split-complementary

#42D1AE #D142AC #D16742

monochromatic

#1E7B64 #2AAC8C #42D1AE #73DDC3 #A4E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42D1AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#42D1AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1AE

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1AE	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.131 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e0c6',
    500: '#42d1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1ae;
$custom-light: #88e0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.315,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1AE

secondary

#D699A8

accent

#446BE4

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1AE

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

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