#42AAA9#42AAA9

#42AAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.095 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAA9
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -29.66, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 30.82, 195.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0916 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.095 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7798, 32.7698, 42.6004)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAA9 #AA4243

analogous

#42AA75 #42AAA9 #4277AA

triadic

#42AAA9 #A942AA #AAA942

tetradic

#42AAA9 #7542AA #AA4243 #77AA42

square

#42AAA9 #7542AA #AA4243 #77AA42

split-complementary

#42AAA9 #AA4277 #AA7542

monochromatic

#205251 #317E7D #42AAA9 #66C3C3 #92D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#42AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#42AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAA9

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAA9	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.095 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3c2',
    500: '#42aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaa9;
$custom-light: #83c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.423,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67833,
    "c": 0.09453,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAA9

secondary

#C08888

accent

#5455D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAA9

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

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