#42BDA9#42BDA9

#42BDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDA9
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -38.56, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 38.56, 179.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.1118 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.112 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6024, 40.4150, 43.8746)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDA9 #BD4256

analogous

#42BD6C #42BDA9 #4293BD

triadic

#42BDA9 #A942BD #BDA942

tetradic

#42BDA9 #6C42BD #BD4256 #93BD42

square

#42BDA9 #6C42BD #BD4256 #93BD42

split-complementary

#42BDA9 #BD4293 #BD6C42

monochromatic

#226258 #329080 #42BDA9 #6FCDBE #9DDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42BDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#42BDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDA9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDA9	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c2',
    500: '#42bda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bda9;
$custom-light: #85d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.244,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72533,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDA9

secondary

#C9929B

accent

#5066D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDA9

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

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