#42B3A2#42B3A2

#42B3A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.104 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B3A2
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 162)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 9.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -35.83, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 35.84, 181.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.1044 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.104 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8854, 36.0044, 39.8135)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B3A2 #B34253

analogous

#42B369 #42B3A2 #428CB3

triadic

#42B3A2 #A242B3 #B3A242

tetradic

#42B3A2 #6942B3 #B34253 #8CB342

square

#42B3A2 #6942B3 #B34253 #8CB342

split-complementary

#42B3A2 #B3428C #B36942

monochromatic

#215A51 #32867A #42B3A2 #6AC8BA #97D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#42B3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#42B3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B3A2

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B3A2	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)

#ABA9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.104 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cabd',
    500: '#42b3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b3a2;
$custom-light: #83cabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.973,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69834,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B3A2

secondary

#C48C95

accent

#5266D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B3A2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →