#42B2AB#42B2AB

#42B2AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.101 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B2AB
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 171)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -32.94, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 33.44, 189.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0993 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.101 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5145, 35.9366, 44.1120)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B2AB #B24249

analogous

#42B273 #42B2AB #4281B2

triadic

#42B2AB #AB42B2 #B2AB42

tetradic

#42B2AB #7342B2 #B24249 #81B242

square

#42B2AB #7342B2 #B24249 #81B242

split-complementary

#42B2AB #B24281 #B27342

monochromatic

#215955 #318580 #42B2AB #6AC8C2 #96D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#42B2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#42B2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2AB

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B2AB	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.101 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9c4',
    500: '#42b2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b2ab;
$custom-light: #84c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B2AB

secondary

#C48C8F

accent

#525AD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2AB

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

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