#42D9AE#42D9AE

#42D9AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.140 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9AE
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 174)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 19.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -49.41, 9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 50.38, 168.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.1379 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.14 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6956, 53.8360, 48.5990)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9AE #D9426D

analogous

#42D962 #42D9AE #42B8D9

triadic

#42D9AE #AE42D9 #D9AE42

tetradic

#42D9AE #6242D9 #D9426D #B8D942

square

#42D9AE #6242D9 #D9426D #B8D942

split-complementary

#42D9AE #D942B8 #D96242

monochromatic

#1B8667 #25B98F #42D9AE #75E3C4 #A8EDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42D9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#42D9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9AE

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9AE	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.140 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae5c6',
    500: '#42d9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9ae;
$custom-light: #8ae5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.914,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79597,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9AE

secondary

#8C334C

accent

#3E6FE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9AE

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

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