#42BAAA#42BAAA

#42BAAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.108 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAAA
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 8.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -36.93, -1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 36.97, 182.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1082 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.108 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0580, 39.1754, 44.1580)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAAA #BA4252

analogous

#42BA6E #42BAAA #428EBA

triadic

#42BAAA #AA42BA #BAAA42

tetradic

#42BAAA #6E42BA #BA4252 #8EBA42

square

#42BAAA #6E42BA #BA4252 #8EBA42

split-complementary

#42BAAA #BA428E #BA6E42

monochromatic

#226057 #328D81 #42BAAA #6ECBBF #9BDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#42BAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAAA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAAA	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.108 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc3',
    500: '#42baaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baaa;
$custom-light: #85cfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAAA

secondary

#C89098

accent

#5163D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAAA

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

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