#42AAA4#42AAA4

#42AAA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAA4
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, -31.06, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 31.60, 190.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0938 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.095 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3194, 32.5856, 40.1755)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAA4 #AA4248

analogous

#42AA70 #42AAA4 #427CAA

triadic

#42AAA4 #A442AA #AAA442

tetradic

#42AAA4 #7042AA #AA4248 #7CAA42

square

#42AAA4 #7042AA #AA4248 #7CAA42

split-complementary

#42AAA4 #AA427C #AA7042

monochromatic

#20524F #317E79 #42AAA4 #66C3BE #92D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#42AAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#42AAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAA4

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAA4	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3be',
    500: '#42aaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaa4;
$custom-light: #82c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.538,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67662,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAA4

secondary

#C0888B

accent

#545BD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAA4

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

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