#42B2B2#42B2B2

#42B2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.100 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B2B2
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 178)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -30.98, -9.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 32.36, 196.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0962 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.1 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1995, 36.2105, 47.7194)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B2B2 #B24242

analogous

#42B27A #42B2B2 #427AB2

triadic

#42B2B2 #B242B2 #B2B242

tetradic

#42B2B2 #7A42B2 #B24242 #7AB242

square

#42B2B2 #7A42B2 #B24242 #7AB242

split-complementary

#42B2B2 #B2427A #B27A42

monochromatic

#215959 #318585 #42B2B2 #6AC8C8 #96D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#42B2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#42B2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B2B2

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B2B2	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.100 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c9c9',
    500: '#42b2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b2b2;
$custom-light: #84c9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70115,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B2B2

secondary

#C48C8C

accent

#5252D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B2B2

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

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