#42DAAF#42DAAF

#42DAAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.141 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAAF
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 175)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 19.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -49.59, 9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 50.54, 168.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.1385 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.141 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0520, 54.3922, 49.2005)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAAF #DA426D

analogous

#42DA63 #42DAAF #42B9DA

triadic

#42DAAF #AF42DA #DAAF42

tetradic

#42DAAF #6342DA #DA426D #B9DA42

square

#42DAAF #6342DA #DA426D #B9DA42

split-complementary

#42DAAF #DA42B9 #DA6342

monochromatic

#1A8768 #24BA90 #42DAAF #75E4C5 #A8EEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#42DAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAAF

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAAF	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.141 169.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.026,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79869,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAAF

secondary

#8D334C

accent

#3E6EEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAAF

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

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