#42B69F#42B69F

#42B69F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42B69F
RGBrgb(66, 182, 159)
HSLhsl(168, 47%, 49%)
HSVhsv(168, 64%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 0%, 12.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LABlab(67.36, -37.99, 2.15)
CIE-LCHlch(67.36, 38.05, 176.77°)
OKLaboklab(70.49% -0.109 0.0051)
OKLCHoklch(70.49% 0.109 177.3)
XYZxyz(25.2297, 37.1146, 38.6284)
Luminance0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42B69F #B64259
analogous
#42B665 #42B69F #4293B6
triadic
#42B69F #9F42B6 #B69F42
tetradic
#42B69F #6542B6 #B64259 #93B642
square
#42B69F #6542B6 #B64259 #93B642
split-complementary
#42B69F #B64293 #B66542
monochromatic
#215C51 #328978 #42B69F #6CCAB7 #99DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#42B69F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42
#42B69F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B69F
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42B69F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42B69F1.002.498.428.42
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4221.001.001.00
##0000008.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFAB9E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E9FA1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42b69f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 177.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ccbb',
    500: '#42b69f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42b69f;
$custom-light: #84ccbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42b69f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.103,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70491,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42B69F
secondary
#C68E99
accent
#516CD6
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F9F6
border
#CBD2D0
text
#0C1311
muted
#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B69F

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#42B69F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva