#42DFAE#42DFAE

#42DFAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.147 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFAE
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 22%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -51.87, 12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 53.33, 166.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.1439 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.147 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2703, 56.9854, 49.1239)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFAE #DF4273

analogous

#42DF60 #42DFAE #42C2DF

triadic

#42DFAE #AE42DF #DFAE42

tetradic

#42DFAE #6042DF #DF4273 #C2DF42

square

#42DFAE #6042DF #DF4273 #C2DF42

split-complementary

#42DFAE #DF42C2 #DF6042

monochromatic

#188E6A #21C390 #42DFAE #76E8C4 #ABF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#42DFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFAE

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFAE	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD0AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.147 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beac6',
    500: '#42dfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfae;
$custom-light: #8beac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.274,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81075,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFAE

secondary

#943250

accent

#3A72EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFAE

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

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