#42B69D#42B69D

#42B69D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.110 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B69D
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 13.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -38.50, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 38.63, 175.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.1099 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.11 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0576, 37.0458, 37.7217)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B69D #B6425B

analogous

#42B663 #42B69D #4295B6

triadic

#42B69D #9D42B6 #B69D42

tetradic

#42B69D #6342B6 #B6425B #95B642

square

#42B69D #6342B6 #B6425B #95B642

split-complementary

#42B69D #B64295 #B66342

monochromatic

#215C50 #328976 #42B69D #6CCAB5 #99DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#42B69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B69D

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B69D	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.110 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccb9',
    500: '#42b69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b69d;
$custom-light: #84ccb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.069,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70432,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B69D

secondary

#C68E9A

accent

#516ED6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B69D

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

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