#42BDA6#42BDA6

#42BDA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDA6
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 166)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 12.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -39.34, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 39.38, 177.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1131 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.113 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3240, 40.3036, 42.4084)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDA6 #BD4259

analogous

#42BD68 #42BDA6 #4297BD

triadic

#42BDA6 #A642BD #BDA642

tetradic

#42BDA6 #6842BD #BD4259 #97BD42

square

#42BDA6 #6842BD #BD4259 #97BD42

split-complementary

#42BDA6 #BD4297 #BD6842

monochromatic

#226256 #32907E #42BDA6 #6FCDBB #9DDDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#42BDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDA6

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDA6	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c0',
    500: '#42bda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bda6;
$custom-light: #85d1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.78,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72443,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDA6

secondary

#C9929C

accent

#5069D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDA6

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

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