#42A8A2#42A8A2

#42A8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.094 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A8A2
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -30.65, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 31.17, 190.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0926 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.094 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7681, 31.7698, 39.1077)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A8A2 #A84248

analogous

#42A86F #42A8A2 #427BA8

triadic

#42A8A2 #A242A8 #A8A242

tetradic

#42A8A2 #6F42A8 #A84248 #7BA842

square

#42A8A2 #6F42A8 #A84248 #7BA842

split-complementary

#42A8A2 #A8427B #A86F42

monochromatic

#1F504D #317C78 #42A8A2 #65C2BD #91D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#42A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#42A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A8A2

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A8A2	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F94A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.094 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2bd',
    500: '#42a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a8a2;
$custom-light: #82c2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67098,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A8A2

secondary

#BF878A

accent

#545CD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A8A2

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

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