#42BDAC#42BDAC

#42BDAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDAC
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -37.77, -1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 37.80, 182.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.1104 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.11 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8873, 40.5289, 45.3749)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDAC #BD4253

analogous

#42BD6E #42BDAC #4291BD

triadic

#42BDAC #AC42BD #BDAC42

tetradic

#42BDAC #6E42BD #BD4253 #91BD42

square

#42BDAC #6E42BD #BD4253 #91BD42

split-complementary

#42BDAC #BD4291 #BD6E42

monochromatic

#226259 #329083 #42BDAC #6FCDC0 #9DDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42BDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#42BDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDAC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDAC	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c4',
    500: '#42bdac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdac;
$custom-light: #85d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.707,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72625,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDAC

secondary

#C99299

accent

#5063D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDAC

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

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