#42AAA6#42AAA6

#42AAA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAA6
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, -30.50, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 31.26, 192.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.093 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.095 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5014, 32.6584, 41.1342)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAA6 #AA4246

analogous

#42AA72 #42AAA6 #427AAA

triadic

#42AAA6 #A642AA #AAA642

tetradic

#42AAA6 #7242AA #AA4246 #7AAA42

square

#42AAA6 #7242AA #AA4246 #7AAA42

split-complementary

#42AAA6 #AA427A #AA7242

monochromatic

#205250 #317E7B #42AAA6 #66C3C0 #92D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#42AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#42AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAA6

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAA6	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3c0',
    500: '#42aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaa6;
$custom-light: #83c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6773,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAA6

secondary

#C0888A

accent

#5459D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAA6

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

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