#42BDAB#42BDAB

#42BDAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDAB
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 171)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -38.04, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 38.05, 181.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.1108 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.111 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7916, 40.4907, 44.8710)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDAB #BD4254

analogous

#42BD6E #42BDAB #4291BD

triadic

#42BDAB #AB42BD #BDAB42

tetradic

#42BDAB #6E42BD #BD4254 #91BD42

square

#42BDAB #6E42BD #BD4254 #91BD42

split-complementary

#42BDAB #BD4291 #BD6E42

monochromatic

#226259 #329082 #42BDAB #6FCDBF #9DDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42BDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#42BDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDAB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDAB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 181.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.22,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72594,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDAB

secondary

#C9929A

accent

#5064D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDAB

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

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