#42B8A0#42B8A0

#42B8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B8A0
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -38.63, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 38.71, 176.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.1106 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.111 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7294, 37.9745, 39.2247)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B8A0 #B8425A

analogous

#42B865 #42B8A0 #4295B8

triadic

#42B8A0 #A042B8 #B8A042

tetradic

#42B8A0 #6542B8 #B8425A #95B842

square

#42B8A0 #6542B8 #B8425A #95B842

split-complementary

#42B8A0 #B84295 #B86542

monochromatic

#225E52 #328B79 #42B8A0 #6DCBB7 #9ADBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42B8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#42B8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B8A0

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B8A0	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cebc',
    500: '#42b8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b8a0;
$custom-light: #84cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7102,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B8A0

secondary

#C78F9A

accent

#516CD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B8A0

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

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