#42BAAC#42BAAC

#42BAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAAC
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -36.40, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 36.50, 184.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.1073 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.108 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2486, 39.2516, 45.1620)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAAC #BA4250

analogous

#42BA70 #42BAAC #428CBA

triadic

#42BAAC #AC42BA #BAAC42

tetradic

#42BAAC #7042BA #BA4250 #8CBA42

square

#42BAAC #7042BA #BA4250 #8CBA42

split-complementary

#42BAAC #BA428C #BA7042

monochromatic

#226058 #328D82 #42BAAC #6ECBC1 #9BDBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#42BAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAAC

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAAC	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc4',
    500: '#42baac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baac;
$custom-light: #85cfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAAC

secondary

#C89097

accent

#5160D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAAC

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

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