#42AAA8#42AAA8

#42AAA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.095 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAA8
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -29.94, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 30.96, 194.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0921 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.095 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6863, 32.7324, 42.1079)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAA8 #AA4244

analogous

#42AA74 #42AAA8 #4278AA

triadic

#42AAA8 #A842AA #AAA842

tetradic

#42AAA8 #7442AA #AA4244 #78AA42

square

#42AAA8 #7442AA #AA4244 #78AA42

split-complementary

#42AAA8 #AA4278 #AA7442

monochromatic

#205251 #317E7C #42AAA8 #66C3C2 #92D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#42AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#42AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAA8

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAA8	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.095 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3c1',
    500: '#42aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaa8;
$custom-light: #83c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.846,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67798,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAA8

secondary

#C08889

accent

#5456D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAA8

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

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