#42BDA7#42BDA7

#42BDA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDA7
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 167)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 11.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -39.08, 1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 39.10, 178.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1127 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.113 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4161, 40.3405, 42.8933)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDA7 #BD4258

analogous

#42BD69 #42BDA7 #4296BD

triadic

#42BDA7 #A742BD #BDA742

tetradic

#42BDA7 #6942BD #BD4258 #96BD42

square

#42BDA7 #6942BD #BD4258 #96BD42

split-complementary

#42BDA7 #BD4296 #BD6942

monochromatic

#226257 #32907F #42BDA7 #6FCDBC #9DDDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BDA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#42BDA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDA7

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDA7	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bda7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c1',
    500: '#42bda7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bda7;
$custom-light: #85d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bda7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.268,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDA7

secondary

#C9929C

accent

#5068D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDA7

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

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