#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
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 12.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -37.99, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 38.05, 176.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.109 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.109 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2297, 37.1146, 38.6284)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42B69F	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	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)

#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

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

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