#42A8AE#42A8AE

#42A8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.093 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A8AE
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -27.24, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 29.71, 203.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0873 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.093 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8861, 32.2170, 44.9959)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A8AE #AE4842

analogous

#42AE7E #42A8AE #4272AE

triadic

#42A8AE #AE42A8 #A8AE42

tetradic

#42A8AE #7E42AE #AE4842 #72AE42

square

#42A8AE #7E42AE #AE4842 #72AE42

split-complementary

#42A8AE #AE4272 #AE7E42

monochromatic

#205255 #317D82 #42A8AE #68C0C6 #94D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#42A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#42A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A8AE

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A8AE	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C95AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.093 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c2c6',
    500: '#42a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a8ae;
$custom-light: #83c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67519,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A8AE

secondary

#C28D8A

accent

#5A53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A8AE

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

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