#42BDAA#42BDAA

#42BDAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDAA
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -38.30, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 38.30, 180.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.1113 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.111 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6966, 40.4527, 44.3709)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDAA #BD4255

analogous

#42BD6D #42BDAA #4292BD

triadic

#42BDAA #AA42BD #BDAA42

tetradic

#42BDAA #6D42BD #BD4255 #92BD42

square

#42BDAA #6D42BD #BD4255 #92BD42

split-complementary

#42BDAA #BD4292 #BD6D42

monochromatic

#226258 #329081 #42BDAA #6FCDBE #9DDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42BDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#42BDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDAA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDAA	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c3',
    500: '#42bdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdaa;
$custom-light: #85d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.732,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72564,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDAA

secondary

#C9929A

accent

#5065D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDAA

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

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