#42B1AA#42B1AA

#42B1AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.100 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B1AA
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 170)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -32.74, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 33.24, 189.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0987 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.1 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2214, 35.5021, 43.5458)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B1AA #B14249

analogous

#42B172 #42B1AA #4281B1

triadic

#42B1AA #AA42B1 #B1AA42

tetradic

#42B1AA #7242B1 #B14249 #81B142

square

#42B1AA #7242B1 #B14249 #81B142

split-complementary

#42B1AA #B14281 #B17242

monochromatic

#215854 #31847F #42B1AA #69C7C1 #96D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#42B1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#42B1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B1AA

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B1AA	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.100 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9c3',
    500: '#42b1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b1aa;
$custom-light: #84c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.216,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69596,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B1AA

secondary

#C38B8F

accent

#525BD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B1AA

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

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