#42B0A7#42B0A7

#42B0A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.100 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B0A7
RGB	rgb(66, 176, 167)
HSL	hsl(175, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -33.09, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 33.42, 188.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0989 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.1 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7440, 34.9963, 42.0026)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B0A7 #B0424B

analogous

#42B070 #42B0A7 #4282B0

triadic

#42B0A7 #A742B0 #B0A742

tetradic

#42B0A7 #7042B0 #B0424B #82B042

square

#42B0A7 #7042B0 #B0424B #82B042

split-complementary

#42B0A7 #B04282 #B07042

monochromatic

#215753 #31837D #42B0A7 #69C7BF #95D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#42B0A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#42B0A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B0A7

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B0A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B0A7	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b0a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 176, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.100 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c8c1',
    500: '#42b0a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b0a7;
$custom-light: #83c8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b0a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.091,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69249,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B0A7

secondary

#C38B8F

accent

#535DD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B0A7

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

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