#42ACAF#42ACAF

#42ACAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACAF
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -28.92, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 30.79, 200.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0911 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.096 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7338, 33.7558, 45.7611)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACAF #AF4542

analogous

#42AF7B #42ACAF #4276AF

triadic

#42ACAF #AF42AC #ACAF42

tetradic

#42ACAF #7B42AF #AF4542 #76AF42

square

#42ACAF #7B42AF #AF4542 #76AF42

split-complementary

#42ACAF #AF4276 #AF7B42

monochromatic

#205556 #318083 #42ACAF #68C4C6 #95D5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#42ACAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#42ACAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACAF

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACAF	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42acaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c5c6',
    500: '#42acaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42acaf;
$custom-light: #84c5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42acaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68537,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACAF

secondary

#C28C8A

accent

#5653D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACAF

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

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