#42DAAE#42DAAE

#42DAAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAAE
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 174)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 20.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -49.82, 10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 50.87, 168.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.1389 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.141 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9541, 54.3530, 48.6852)
Luminance	0.5436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAAE #DA426E

analogous

#42DA62 #42DAAE #42BADA

triadic

#42DAAE #AE42DA #DAAE42

tetradic

#42DAAE #6242DA #DA426E #BADA42

square

#42DAAE #6242DA #DA426E #BADA42

split-complementary

#42DAAE #DA42BA #DA6242

monochromatic

#1A8768 #24BA8F #42DAAE #75E4C4 #A8EEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#42DAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAAE

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAAE	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CBAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae6c6',
    500: '#42daae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daae;
$custom-light: #8ae6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.632,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79843,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAAE

secondary

#8D334D

accent

#3E70EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAAE

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

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