#42ADA5#42ADA5

#42ADA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.098 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ADA5
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 4.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -32.22, -4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 32.60, 188.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0966 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.098 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9788, 33.7595, 40.8425)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ADA5 #AD424A

analogous

#42AD70 #42ADA5 #4280AD

triadic

#42ADA5 #A542AD #ADA542

tetradic

#42ADA5 #7042AD #AD424A #80AD42

square

#42ADA5 #7042AD #AD424A #80AD42

split-complementary

#42ADA5 #AD4280 #AD7042

monochromatic

#205450 #31817B #42ADA5 #67C5BE #93D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#42ADA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#42ADA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ADA5

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ADA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ADA5	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)

#A4A4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ada5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.098 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6bf',
    500: '#42ada5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ada5;
$custom-light: #83c6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ada5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.514,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68439,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ADA5

secondary

#C1898E

accent

#535DD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ADA5

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

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