#42BAA2#42BAA2

#42BAA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAA2
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 12.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -39.02, 2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 39.09, 176.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1118 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.112 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3241, 38.8818, 40.2930)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAA2 #BA425A

analogous

#42BA66 #42BAA2 #4296BA

triadic

#42BAA2 #A242BA #BAA242

tetradic

#42BAA2 #6642BA #BA425A #96BA42

square

#42BAA2 #6642BA #BA425A #96BA42

split-complementary

#42BAA2 #BA4296 #BA6642

monochromatic

#226053 #328D7B #42BAA2 #6ECBB9 #9BDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#42BAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAA2

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAA2	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AFA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfbd',
    500: '#42baa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baa2;
$custom-light: #84cfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71578,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAA2

secondary

#C8909B

accent

#516CD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAA2

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

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