#42BAA7#42BAA7

#42BAA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.110 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAA7
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 167)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 10.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -37.73, -0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 37.73, 180.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.1095 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.11 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7774, 39.0632, 42.6805)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAA7 #BA4255

analogous

#42BA6B #42BAA7 #4291BA

triadic

#42BAA7 #A742BA #BAA742

tetradic

#42BAA7 #6B42BA #BA4255 #91BA42

square

#42BAA7 #6B42BA #BA4255 #91BA42

split-complementary

#42BAA7 #BA4291 #BA6B42

monochromatic

#226056 #328D7E #42BAA7 #6ECBBD #9BDBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BAA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#42BAA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAA7

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAA7	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.110 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc1',
    500: '#42baa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baa7;
$custom-light: #85cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71728,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAA7

secondary

#C89099

accent

#5166D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAA7

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

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