#42DEAE#42DEAE

#42DEAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.146 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEAE
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -51.46, 11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 52.84, 166.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.1429 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.146 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0039, 56.4526, 49.0351)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEAE #DE4272

analogous

#42DE60 #42DEAE #42C0DE

triadic

#42DEAE #AE42DE #DEAE42

tetradic

#42DEAE #6042DE #DE4272 #C0DE42

square

#42DEAE #6042DE #DE4272 #C0DE42

split-complementary

#42DEAE #DE42C0 #DE6042

monochromatic

#198D69 #22C190 #42DEAE #76E7C4 #AAF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#42DEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEAE

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEAE	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42deae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.146 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9c6',
    500: '#42deae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42deae;
$custom-light: #8ae9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42deae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80829,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEAE

secondary

#923250

accent

#3B72ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEAE

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

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