#42AFA0#42AFA0

#42AFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.101 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AFA0
RGB	rgb(66, 175, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -34.51, -1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 34.54, 182.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.1011 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.101 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9190, 34.3537, 38.6213)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AFA0 #AF4251

analogous

#42AF6A #42AFA0 #4288AF

triadic

#42AFA0 #A042AF #AFA042

tetradic

#42AFA0 #6A42AF #AF4251 #88AF42

square

#42AFA0 #6A42AF #AF4251 #88AF42

split-complementary

#42AFA0 #AF4288 #AF6A42

monochromatic

#20564F #318377 #42AFA0 #68C6B9 #95D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#42AFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#42AFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AFA0

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AFA0	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9799A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42afa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 175, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.101 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7bc',
    500: '#42afa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42afa0;
$custom-light: #83c7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42afa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.743,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68775,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AFA0

secondary

#C28A92

accent

#5365D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AFA0

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

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