#42BDA3#42BDA3

#42BDA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDA3
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 163)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -40.11, 3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 40.23, 175.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1145 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.115 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0520, 40.1948, 40.9759)
Luminance	0.4020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDA3 #BD425C

analogous

#42BD66 #42BDA3 #4299BD

triadic

#42BDA3 #A342BD #BDA342

tetradic

#42BDA3 #6642BD #BD425C #99BD42

square

#42BDA3 #6642BD #BD425C #99BD42

split-complementary

#42BDA3 #BD4299 #BD6642

monochromatic

#226255 #32907C #42BDA3 #6FCDB9 #9DDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#42BDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDA3

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDA3	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1be',
    500: '#42bda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bda3;
$custom-light: #85d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.317,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72354,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDA3

secondary

#C9929D

accent

#506DD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDA3

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

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