#42DFAF#42DFAF

#42DFAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.147 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFAF
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 175)
HSL	hsl(162, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 21.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -51.63, 11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 52.99, 167.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.1434 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.147 168)
XYZ	xyz(36.3682, 57.0245, 49.6393)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFAF #DF4272

analogous

#42DF61 #42DFAF #42C1DF

triadic

#42DFAF #AF42DF #DFAF42

tetradic

#42DFAF #6142DF #DF4272 #C1DF42

square

#42DFAF #6142DF #DF4272 #C1DF42

split-complementary

#42DFAF #DF42C1 #DF6142

monochromatic

#188E6A #21C391 #42DFAF #76E8C5 #ABF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#42DFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFAF

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFAF	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D0AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.147 168.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.656,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81101,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.57029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFAF

secondary

#943250

accent

#3A71EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFAF

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

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