#42BAA5#42BAA5

#42BAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAA5
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 165)
HSL	hsl(170, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 11.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -38.25, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 38.26, 178.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.1104 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.11 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5940, 38.9898, 41.7143)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAA5 #BA4257

analogous

#42BA69 #42BAA5 #4293BA

triadic

#42BAA5 #A542BA #BAA542

tetradic

#42BAA5 #6942BA #BA4257 #93BA42

square

#42BAA5 #6942BA #BA4257 #93BA42

split-complementary

#42BAA5 #BA4293 #BA6942

monochromatic

#226055 #328D7D #42BAA5 #6ECBBB #9BDBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#42BAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAA5

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAA5	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AFA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfbf',
    500: '#42baa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baa5;
$custom-light: #85cfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71667,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAA5

secondary

#C8909A

accent

#5168D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAA5

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

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