#42B2A2#42B2A2

#42B2A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.103 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B2A2
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -35.37, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 35.39, 181.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.1034 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.103 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6857, 35.6050, 39.7469)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B2A2 #B24252

analogous

#42B26A #42B2A2 #428AB2

triadic

#42B2A2 #A242B2 #B2A242

tetradic

#42B2A2 #6A42B2 #B24252 #8AB242

square

#42B2A2 #6A42B2 #B24252 #8AB242

split-complementary

#42B2A2 #B2428A #B26A42

monochromatic

#215951 #318579 #42B2A2 #6AC8BA #96D8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#42B2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#42B2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2A2

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B2A2	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.103 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9bd',
    500: '#42b2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b2a2;
$custom-light: #83c9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69585,
    "c": 0.10343,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B2A2

secondary

#C48C94

accent

#5265D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2A2

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

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