#42B8A2#42B8A2

#42B8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.110 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B8A2
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, -38.12, 1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 38.15, 177.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.1097 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.11 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9057, 38.0451, 40.1536)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B8A2 #B84258

analogous

#42B867 #42B8A2 #4293B8

triadic

#42B8A2 #A242B8 #B8A242

tetradic

#42B8A2 #6742B8 #B84258 #93B842

square

#42B8A2 #6742B8 #B84258 #93B842

split-complementary

#42B8A2 #B84293 #B86742

monochromatic

#225E53 #328B7A #42B8A2 #6DCBB9 #9ADBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42B8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#42B8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B8A2

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B8A2	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1ADA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.110 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cebd',
    500: '#42b8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b8a2;
$custom-light: #84cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.814,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B8A2

secondary

#C78F99

accent

#516AD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B8A2

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

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