#42D3AE#42D3AE

#42D3AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.133 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3AE
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 17.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -46.90, 7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 47.46, 171.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.132 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.133 172)
XYZ	xyz(33.1771, 50.7990, 48.0929)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3AE #D34267

analogous

#42D366 #42D3AE #42AFD3

triadic

#42D3AE #AE42D3 #D3AE42

tetradic

#42D3AE #6642D3 #D34267 #AFD342

square

#42D3AE #6642D3 #D34267 #AFD342

split-complementary

#42D3AE #D342AF #D36642

monochromatic

#1D7D65 #29AF8D #42D3AE #74DFC3 #A5EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D3AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#42D3AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3AE

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3AE	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.133 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1c6',
    500: '#42d3ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3ae;
$custom-light: #89e1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.69,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78117,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.50803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3AE

secondary

#853449

accent

#426CE5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3AE

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

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