#42BDAD#42BDAD

#42BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDAD
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -37.51, -1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 37.56, 182.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1099 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.11 183)
XYZ	xyz(27.9837, 40.5675, 45.8826)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDAD #BD4252

analogous

#42BD6F #42BDAD #4290BD

triadic

#42BDAD #AD42BD #BDAD42

tetradic

#42BDAD #6F42BD #BD4252 #90BD42

square

#42BDAD #6F42BD #BD4252 #90BD42

split-complementary

#42BDAD #BD4290 #BD6F42

monochromatic

#22625A #329083 #42BDAD #6FCDC1 #9DDDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#42BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDAD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDAD	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c5',
    500: '#42bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdad;
$custom-light: #85d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.195,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72656,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.40571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDAD

secondary

#C99299

accent

#5062D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDAD

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

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