#42AAA3#42AAA3

#42AAA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.095 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAA3
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 163)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -31.33, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 31.78, 189.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0943 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.095 189)
XYZ	xyz(23.2294, 32.5496, 39.7017)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAA3 #AA4249

analogous

#42AA6F #42AAA3 #427DAA

triadic

#42AAA3 #A342AA #AAA342

tetradic

#42AAA3 #6F42AA #AA4249 #7DAA42

square

#42AAA3 #6F42AA #AA4249 #7DAA42

split-complementary

#42AAA3 #AA427D #AA6F42

monochromatic

#20524E #317E79 #42AAA3 #66C3BD #92D5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#42AAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#42AAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAA3

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAA3	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.095 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4be',
    500: '#42aaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaa3;
$custom-light: #82c4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.962,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67628,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.32552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAA3

secondary

#C0888C

accent

#545DD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAA3

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

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