#42AAAA#42AAAA

#42AAAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.094 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAAA
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(180, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -29.37, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 30.69, 196.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0912 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.094 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8740, 32.8075, 43.0967)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAAA #AA4242

analogous

#42AA76 #42AAAA #4276AA

triadic

#42AAAA #AA42AA #AAAA42

tetradic

#42AAAA #7642AA #AA4242 #76AA42

square

#42AAAA #7642AA #AA4242 #76AA42

split-complementary

#42AAAA #AA4276 #AA7642

monochromatic

#205252 #317E7E #42AAAA #66C3C3 #92D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#42AAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#42AAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAAA

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAAA	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.094 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3c3',
    500: '#42aaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaaa;
$custom-light: #83c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67868,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAAA

secondary

#C08888

accent

#5454D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAAA

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

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