#42AAA7#42AAA7

#42AAA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.095 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAA7
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 167)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.91, -30.22, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.91, 31.10, 193.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0925 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.095 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5935, 32.6952, 41.6191)
Luminance	0.3270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAA7 #AA4245

analogous

#42AA73 #42AAA7 #4279AA

triadic

#42AAA7 #A742AA #AAA742

tetradic

#42AAA7 #7342AA #AA4245 #79AA42

square

#42AAA7 #7342AA #AA4245 #79AA42

split-complementary

#42AAA7 #AA4279 #AA7342

monochromatic

#205250 #317E7C #42AAA7 #66C3C1 #92D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#42AAA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#42AAA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAA7

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAA7	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.095 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3c1',
    500: '#42aaa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaa7;
$custom-light: #83c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.269,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67764,
    "c": 0.09475,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAA7

secondary

#C08889

accent

#5458D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAA7

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

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