#42B69E#42B69E

#42B69E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.110 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B69E
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 13.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -38.24, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 38.33, 176.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.1095 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.11 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1433, 37.0801, 38.1732)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B69E #B6425A

analogous

#42B664 #42B69E #4294B6

triadic

#42B69E #9E42B6 #B69E42

tetradic

#42B69E #6442B6 #B6425A #94B642

square

#42B69E #6442B6 #B6425A #94B642

split-complementary

#42B69E #B64294 #B66442

monochromatic

#215C50 #328977 #42B69E #6CCAB6 #99DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#42B69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B69E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B69E	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.110 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccba',
    500: '#42b69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b69e;
$custom-light: #84ccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70461,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B69E

secondary

#C68E9A

accent

#516DD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B69E

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

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