#42AAAB#42AAAB

#42AAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.094 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAAB
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 171)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -29.09, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 30.57, 197.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0907 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.094 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9690, 32.8454, 43.5968)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAAB #AB4342

analogous

#42AB78 #42AAAB #4276AB

triadic

#42AAAB #AB42AA #AAAB42

tetradic

#42AAAB #7842AB #AB4342 #76AB42

square

#42AAAB #7842AB #AB4342 #76AB42

split-complementary

#42AAAB #AB4276 #AB7842

monochromatic

#205253 #317E7F #42AAAB #66C3C4 #92D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#42AAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#42AAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAAB

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAAB	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.094 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3c4',
    500: '#42aaab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaab;
$custom-light: #83c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.571,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67903,
    "c": 0.09442,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAAB

secondary

#C08988

accent

#5554D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAAB

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

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