#42BAAF#42BAAF

#42BAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.107 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAAF
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -35.59, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 35.84, 186.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.1059 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.107 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5400, 39.3682, 46.6965)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAAF #BA424D

analogous

#42BA73 #42BAAF #4289BA

triadic

#42BAAF #AF42BA #BAAF42

tetradic

#42BAAF #7342BA #BA424D #89BA42

square

#42BAAF #7342BA #BA424D #89BA42

split-complementary

#42BAAF #BA4289 #BA7342

monochromatic

#22605A #328D85 #42BAAF #6ECBC3 #9BDBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#42BAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAAF

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAAF	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.107 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc6',
    500: '#42baaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baaf;
$custom-light: #85cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7198,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAAF

secondary

#C89095

accent

#515DD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAAF

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

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