#42AAA5#42AAA5

#42AAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAA5
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -30.78, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 31.42, 191.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0934 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.095 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4100, 32.6218, 40.6529)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAA5 #AA4247

analogous

#42AA71 #42AAA5 #427BAA

triadic

#42AAA5 #A542AA #AAA542

tetradic

#42AAA5 #7142AA #AA4247 #7BAA42

square

#42AAA5 #7142AA #AA4247 #7BAA42

split-complementary

#42AAA5 #AA427B #AA7142

monochromatic

#20524F #317E7A #42AAA5 #66C3BF #92D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#42AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#42AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAA5

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAA5	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)

#A1A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c3bf',
    500: '#42aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaa5;
$custom-light: #82c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.115,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67696,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAA5

secondary

#C0888B

accent

#545AD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAA5

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

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