#42AFA2#42AFA2

#42AFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.100 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AFA2
RGB	rgb(66, 175, 162)
HSL	hsl(173, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -33.97, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 34.07, 184.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.1001 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.1 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0954, 34.4243, 39.5501)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AFA2 #AF424F

analogous

#42AF6C #42AFA2 #4286AF

triadic

#42AFA2 #A242AF #AFA242

tetradic

#42AFA2 #6C42AF #AF424F #86AF42

square

#42AFA2 #6C42AF #AF424F #86AF42

split-complementary

#42AFA2 #AF4286 #AF6C42

monochromatic

#205650 #318379 #42AFA2 #68C6BB #95D7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#42AFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#42AFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AFA2

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AFA2	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42afa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 175, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.100 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7bd',
    500: '#42afa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42afa2;
$custom-light: #83c7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42afa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.844,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68838,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AFA2

secondary

#C28A91

accent

#5362D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AFA2

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

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