#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
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -37.24, -2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 37.32, 183.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1095 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.11 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0808, 40.6063, 46.3941)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42BDAE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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