#42DEAF#42DEAF

#42DEAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.145 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEAF
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 175)
HSL	hsl(162, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 21.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -51.23, 11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 52.50, 167.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.1424 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.145 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1018, 56.4918, 49.5505)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEAF #DE4271

analogous

#42DE61 #42DEAF #42BFDE

triadic

#42DEAF #AF42DE #DEAF42

tetradic

#42DEAF #6142DE #DE4271 #BFDE42

square

#42DEAF #6142DE #DE4271 #BFDE42

split-complementary

#42DEAF #DE42BF #DE6142

monochromatic

#198D6A #22C191 #42DEAF #76E7C5 #AAF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#42DEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEAF

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEAF	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42deaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.145 168.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42deaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80855,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEAF

secondary

#92324F

accent

#3B70ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEAF

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

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