#42AFA1#42AFA1

#42AFA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.101 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AFA1
RGB	rgb(66, 175, 161)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 8%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -34.24, -2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 34.30, 183.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% -0.1006 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.101 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0068, 34.3889, 39.0838)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AFA1 #AF4250

analogous

#42AF6B #42AFA1 #4286AF

triadic

#42AFA1 #A142AF #AFA142

tetradic

#42AFA1 #6B42AF #AF4250 #86AF42

square

#42AFA1 #6B42AF #AF4250 #86AF42

split-complementary

#42AFA1 #AF4286 #AF6B42

monochromatic

#20564F #318378 #42AFA1 #68C6BA #95D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#42AFA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#42AFA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AFA1

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AFA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AFA1	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9799A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42afa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 175, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.101 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7bc',
    500: '#42afa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42afa1;
$custom-light: #83c7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42afa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.294,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68806,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AFA1

secondary

#C28A92

accent

#5364D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AFA1

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

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