#42ADA8#42ADA8

#42ADA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ADA8
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 168)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -31.39, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 32.06, 191.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0953 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.097 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2551, 33.8700, 42.2975)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ADA8 #AD4247

analogous

#42AD73 #42ADA8 #427DAD

triadic

#42ADA8 #A842AD #ADA842

tetradic

#42ADA8 #7342AD #AD4247 #7DAD42

square

#42ADA8 #7342AD #AD4247 #7DAD42

split-complementary

#42ADA8 #AD427D #AD7342

monochromatic

#205452 #31817D #42ADA8 #67C5C1 #93D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#42ADA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#42ADA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ADA8

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ADA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ADA8	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ada8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6c1',
    500: '#42ada8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ada8;
$custom-light: #83c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ada8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.196,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6854,
    "c": 0.09701,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ADA8

secondary

#C1898C

accent

#5359D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ADA8

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

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