#42B29D#42B29D

#42B29D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.106 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B29D
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 157)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 11.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -36.68, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 36.71, 177.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.1057 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.106 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2501, 35.4308, 37.4526)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B29D #B24257

analogous

#42B265 #42B29D #428FB2

triadic

#42B29D #9D42B2 #B29D42

tetradic

#42B29D #6542B2 #B24257 #8FB242

square

#42B29D #6542B2 #B24257 #8FB242

split-complementary

#42B29D #B2428F #B26542

monochromatic

#21594E #318576 #42B29D #6AC8B6 #96D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#42B29D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#42B29D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B29D

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B29D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B29D	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b29d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.106 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9b9',
    500: '#42b29d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b29d;
$custom-light: #83c9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b29d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69431,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B29D

secondary

#C48C96

accent

#526BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B29D

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

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