#42AFA8#42AFA8

#42AFA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AFA8
RGB	rgb(66, 175, 168)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 4%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -32.34, -5.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 32.83, 189.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0974 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.099 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6415, 34.6427, 42.4263)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AFA8 #AF4249

analogous

#42AF72 #42AFA8 #427FAF

triadic

#42AFA8 #A842AF #AFA842

tetradic

#42AFA8 #7242AF #AF4249 #7FAF42

square

#42AFA8 #7242AF #AF4249 #7FAF42

split-complementary

#42AFA8 #AF427F #AF7242

monochromatic

#205653 #31837D #42AFA8 #68C6C0 #95D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#42AFA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#42AFA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AFA8

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AFA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AFA8	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42afa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 175, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c7c1',
    500: '#42afa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42afa8;
$custom-light: #83c7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42afa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.147,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69035,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AFA8

secondary

#C28A8E

accent

#535BD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AFA8

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

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