#42ADAA#42ADAA

#42ADAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.097 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42ADAA
RGBrgb(66, 173, 170)
HSLhsl(178, 45%, 47%)
HSVhsv(178, 62%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(61.8%, 0%, 1.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(64.92, -30.83, -7.54)
CIE-LCHlch(64.92, 31.74, 193.75°)
OKLaboklab(68.61% -0.0944 -0.021)
OKLCHoklch(68.61% 0.097 192.5)
XYZxyz(24.4428, 33.9451, 43.2863)
Luminance0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42ADAA #AD4245
analogous
#42AD75 #42ADAA #427BAD
triadic
#42ADAA #AA42AD #ADAA42
tetradic
#42ADAA #7542AD #AD4245 #7BAD42
square
#42ADAA #7542AD #AD4245 #7BAD42
split-complementary
#42ADAA #AD427B #AD7542
monochromatic
#205453 #31817E #42ADAA #67C5C2 #93D6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70
#42ADAA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79
#42ADAA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ADAA
7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42ADAA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42ADAA1.002.707.797.79
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7921.001.001.00
##0000007.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3A5AA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9298AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42adaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.097 192.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6c3',
    500: '#42adaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42adaa;
$custom-light: #83c6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42adaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.318,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68608,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42ADAA
secondary
#C1898B
accent
#5357D4
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F8F7
border
#CBD1D0
text
#0C1312
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

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#42ADAA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva