#42B2AC#42B2AC

#42B2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.100 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B2AC
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -32.66, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 33.27, 190.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0988 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.1 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6102, 35.9748, 44.6159)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B2AC #B24248

analogous

#42B274 #42B2AC #4280B2

triadic

#42B2AC #AC42B2 #B2AC42

tetradic

#42B2AC #7442B2 #B24248 #80B242

square

#42B2AC #7442B2 #B24248 #80B242

split-complementary

#42B2AC #B24280 #B27442

monochromatic

#215956 #318581 #42B2AC #6AC8C3 #96D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#42B2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#42B2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2AC

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B2AC	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.100 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9c4',
    500: '#42b2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b2ac;
$custom-light: #84c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.786,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69909,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B2AC

secondary

#C48C8F

accent

#5259D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2AC

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

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