#42D2AE#42D2AE

#42D2AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.132 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2AE
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 17.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -46.48, 6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 46.98, 171.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.1309 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.132 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9295, 50.3037, 48.0103)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2AE #D24266

analogous

#42D266 #42D2AE #42AED2

triadic

#42D2AE #AE42D2 #D2AE42

tetradic

#42D2AE #6642D2 #D24266 #AED242

square

#42D2AE #6642D2 #D24266 #AED242

split-complementary

#42D2AE #D242AE #D26642

monochromatic

#1E7C64 #29AD8C #42D2AE #73DEC3 #A5EAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42D2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#42D2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2AE

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2AE	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.132 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e0c6',
    500: '#42d2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2ae;
$custom-light: #88e0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7787,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2AE

secondary

#843448

accent

#436CE5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2AE

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

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