#42AFA7#42AFA7

#42AFA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AFA7
RGB	rgb(66, 175, 167)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, -32.62, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 33.01, 188.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.0979 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.099 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5487, 34.6056, 41.9375)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AFA7 #AF424A

analogous

#42AF70 #42AFA7 #4281AF

triadic

#42AFA7 #A742AF #AFA742

tetradic

#42AFA7 #7042AF #AF424A #81AF42

square

#42AFA7 #7042AF #AF424A #81AF42

split-complementary

#42AFA7 #AF4281 #AF7042

monochromatic

#205652 #31837D #42AFA7 #68C6BF #95D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#42AFA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#42AFA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AFA7

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AFA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AFA7	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42afa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 175, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7c1',
    500: '#42afa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42afa7;
$custom-light: #83c7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42afa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.596,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69001,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AFA7

secondary

#C28A8E

accent

#535CD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AFA7

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

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