#42AFA5#42AFA5

#42AFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.099 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AFA5
RGB	rgb(66, 175, 165)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -33.16, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 33.41, 187.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0988 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.099 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3652, 34.5322, 40.9713)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AFA5 #AF424C

analogous

#42AF6E #42AFA5 #4283AF

triadic

#42AFA5 #A542AF #AFA542

tetradic

#42AFA5 #6E42AF #AF424C #83AF42

square

#42AFA5 #6E42AF #AF424C #83AF42

split-complementary

#42AFA5 #AF4283 #AF6E42

monochromatic

#205651 #31837B #42AFA5 #68C6BD #95D7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#42AFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#42AFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AFA5

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AFA5	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42afa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 175, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.099 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7bf',
    500: '#42afa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42afa5;
$custom-light: #83c7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42afa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.495,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68935,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AFA5

secondary

#C28A8F

accent

#535FD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AFA5

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

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