#42D4AE#42D4AE

#42D4AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.134 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4AE
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 17.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -47.33, 7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 47.95, 170.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.133 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.134 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4263, 51.2974, 48.1759)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4AE #D44268

analogous

#42D465 #42D4AE #42B1D4

triadic

#42D4AE #AE42D4 #D4AE42

tetradic

#42D4AE #6542D4 #D44268 #B1D442

square

#42D4AE #6542D4 #D44268 #B1D442

split-complementary

#42D4AE #D442B1 #D46542

monochromatic

#1D7F65 #28B18D #42D4AE #74DFC3 #A6EBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#42D4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4AE

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4AE	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.134 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c6',
    500: '#42d4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4ae;
$custom-light: #89e2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.384,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78364,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4AE

secondary

#863449

accent

#426DE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4AE

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

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