#42B2AA#42B2AA

#42B2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.101 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B2AA
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 170)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -33.21, -5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 33.63, 189.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0997 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.101 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4196, 35.8986, 43.6119)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B2AA #B2424A

analogous

#42B272 #42B2AA #4282B2

triadic

#42B2AA #AA42B2 #B2AA42

tetradic

#42B2AA #7242B2 #B2424A #82B242

square

#42B2AA #7242B2 #B2424A #82B242

split-complementary

#42B2AA #B24282 #B27242

monochromatic

#215955 #31857F #42B2AA #6AC8C1 #96D8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#42B2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#42B2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2AA

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B2AA	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.101 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9c3',
    500: '#42b2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b2aa;
$custom-light: #84c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69843,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B2AA

secondary

#C48C90

accent

#525CD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2AA

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

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