#42BDAE#42BDAE

#42BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.110 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BDAE
RGBrgb(66, 189, 174)
HSLhsl(173, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(173, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(65.1%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.90, -37.24, -2.40)
CIE-LCHlch(69.90, 37.32, 183.68°)
OKLaboklab(72.69% -0.1095 -0.0071)
OKLCHoklch(72.69% 0.11 183.7)
XYZxyz(28.0808, 40.6063, 46.3941)
Luminance0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BDAE #BD4251
analogous
#42BD71 #42BDAE #428EBD
triadic
#42BDAE #AE42BD #BDAE42
tetradic
#42BDAE #7142BD #BD4251 #8EBD42
square
#42BDAE #7142BD #BD4251 #8EBD42
split-complementary
#42BDAE #BD428E #BD7142
monochromatic
#22625A #329084 #42BDAE #6FCDC1 #9DDDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#42BDAE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#42BDAE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDAE
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BDAE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BDAE1.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4B3AE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2A5AF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.110 183.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c6',
    500: '#42bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bdae;
$custom-light: #85d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.683,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72688,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BDAE
secondary
#C99299
accent
#5061D8
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDAE

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#42BDAE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva