#42D8AE#42D8AE

#42D8AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.139 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8AE
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 174)
HSL	hsl(163, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 19.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -49.00, 9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 49.89, 169.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.1369 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.139 170)
XYZ	xyz(34.4386, 53.3220, 48.5134)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8AE #D8426C

analogous

#42D863 #42D8AE #42B7D8

triadic

#42D8AE #AE42D8 #D8AE42

tetradic

#42D8AE #6342D8 #D8426C #B7D842

square

#42D8AE #6342D8 #D8426C #B7D842

split-complementary

#42D8AE #D842B7 #D86342

monochromatic

#1B8467 #26B78E #42D8AE #75E2C4 #A7EDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#42D8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8AE

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8AE	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.139 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c6',
    500: '#42d8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8ae;
$custom-light: #89e5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7935,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.53326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8AE

secondary

#8B334C

accent

#3F6FE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8AE

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

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