#42DCAE#42DCAE

#42DCAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.144 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCAE
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 20.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -50.64, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 51.85, 167.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.1409 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.144 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4759, 55.3966, 48.8591)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCAE #DC4270

analogous

#42DC61 #42DCAE #42BDDC

triadic

#42DCAE #AE42DC #DCAE42

tetradic

#42DCAE #6142DC #DC4270 #BDDC42

square

#42DCAE #6142DC #DC4270 #BDDC42

split-complementary

#42DCAE #DC42BD #DC6142

monochromatic

#1A8A68 #23BE90 #42DCAE #76E6C4 #A9EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#42DCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCAE

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCAE	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CDAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.144 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c6',
    500: '#42dcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcae;
$custom-light: #8ae8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.078,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80336,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCAE

secondary

#90324E

accent

#3C71EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCAE

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

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