#42BDA2#42BDA2

#42BDA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.115 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDA2
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -40.36, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 40.53, 174.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.115 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.115 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9628, 40.1591, 40.5059)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDA2 #BD425D

analogous

#42BD64 #42BDA2 #429BBD

triadic

#42BDA2 #A242BD #BDA242

tetradic

#42BDA2 #6442BD #BD425D #9BBD42

square

#42BDA2 #6442BD #BD425D #9BBD42

split-complementary

#42BDA2 #BD429B #BD6442

monochromatic

#226254 #32907B #42BDA2 #6FCDB8 #9DDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#42BDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDA2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDA2	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.115 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1bd',
    500: '#42bda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bda2;
$custom-light: #85d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.829,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72325,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDA2

secondary

#C9929E

accent

#506ED8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDA2

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

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