#42B2AE#42B2AE

#42B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.100 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B2AE
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -32.11, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 32.93, 192.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.0979 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.1 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8037, 36.0522, 45.6351)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B2AE #B24246

analogous

#42B276 #42B2AE #427EB2

triadic

#42B2AE #AE42B2 #B2AE42

tetradic

#42B2AE #7642B2 #B24246 #7EB242

square

#42B2AE #7642B2 #B24246 #7EB242

split-complementary

#42B2AE #B2427E #B27642

monochromatic

#215957 #318582 #42B2AE #6AC8C4 #96D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#42B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#42B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2AE

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B2AE	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969CAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.100 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9c6',
    500: '#42b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b2ae;
$custom-light: #84c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69977,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B2AE

secondary

#C48C8E

accent

#5257D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2AE

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

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