#42BAA9#42BAA9

#42BAA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAA9
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 9.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -37.20, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 37.22, 181.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.1086 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.109 182)
XYZ	xyz(26.9638, 39.1377, 43.6617)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAA9 #BA4253

analogous

#42BA6D #42BAA9 #428FBA

triadic

#42BAA9 #A942BA #BAA942

tetradic

#42BAA9 #6D42BA #BA4253 #8FBA42

square

#42BAA9 #6D42BA #BA4253 #8FBA42

split-complementary

#42BAA9 #BA428F #BA6D42

monochromatic

#226057 #328D80 #42BAA9 #6ECBBE #9BDBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#42BAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAA9

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAA9	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc2',
    500: '#42baa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baa9;
$custom-light: #85cfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7179,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.39141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAA9

secondary

#C89098

accent

#5164D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAA9

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

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