#42D5AE#42D5AE

#42D5AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.136 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5AE
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 18.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -47.74, 8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 48.43, 170.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.134 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.136 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6771, 51.7989, 48.2595)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5AE #D54269

analogous

#42D565 #42D5AE #42B2D5

triadic

#42D5AE #AE42D5 #D5AE42

tetradic

#42D5AE #6542D5 #D54269 #B2D542

square

#42D5AE #6542D5 #D54269 #B2D542

split-complementary

#42D5AE #D542B2 #D56542

monochromatic

#1C8066 #28B28D #42D5AE #74E0C3 #A6EBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#42D5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5AE

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5AE	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.136 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c6',
    500: '#42d5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5ae;
$custom-light: #89e3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.082,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7861,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5AE

secondary

#87344A

accent

#416DE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5AE

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

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