#42FFAE#42FFAE

#42FFAE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.186 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42FFAE
RGB	rgb(66, 255, 174)
HSL	hsl(154, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(154, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 31.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.73, -64.20, 25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.73, 69.16, 158.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.1744 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.186 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6420, 75.7288, 52.2478)
Luminance	0.7573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42FFAE #FF4293

analogous

#42FF50 #42FFAE #42F1FF

triadic

#42FFAE #AE42FF #FFAE42

tetradic

#42FFAE #5042FF #FF4293 #F1FF42

square

#42FFAE #5042FF #FF4293 #F1FF42

split-complementary

#42FFAE #FF42F1 #FF5042

monochromatic

#00C771 #05FF94 #42FFAE #7FFFC8 #BCFFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#42FFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#42FFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42FFAE

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42FFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42FFAE	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEBA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DBB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00FEEA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ffae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 255, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.186 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ffc6',
    500: '#42ffae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ffae;
$custom-light: #90ffc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ffae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88931,
    "c": 0.18615,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42FFAE

secondary

#C32267

accent

#0062E6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FFF9

border

#CFD7D2

text

#0F1813

muted

#808682

Preview Lab

Preview with #42FFAE

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

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