#42BAA8#42BAA8

#42BAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAA8
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -37.46, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 37.47, 181.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.1091 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.109 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8702, 39.1003, 43.1692)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAA8 #BA4254

analogous

#42BA6C #42BAA8 #4290BA

triadic

#42BAA8 #A842BA #BAA842

tetradic

#42BAA8 #6C42BA #BA4254 #90BA42

square

#42BAA8 #6C42BA #BA4254 #90BA42

split-complementary

#42BAA8 #BA4290 #BA6C42

monochromatic

#226056 #328D7F #42BAA8 #6ECBBD #9BDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#42BAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAA8

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAA8	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc1',
    500: '#42baa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baa8;
$custom-light: #85cfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAA8

secondary

#C89099

accent

#5165D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAA8

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

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