#42AAAC#42AAAC

#42AAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.094 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAAC
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -28.80, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 30.47, 199.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0903 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.094 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0647, 32.8837, 44.1007)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAAC #AC4442

analogous

#42AC79 #42AAAC #4275AC

triadic

#42AAAC #AC42AA #AAAC42

tetradic

#42AAAC #7942AC #AC4442 #75AC42

square

#42AAAC #7942AC #AC4442 #75AC42

split-complementary

#42AAAC #AC4275 #AC7942

monochromatic

#205354 #317E80 #42AAAC #67C3C5 #93D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#42AAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#42AAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAAC

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAAC	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.094 196.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67939,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAAC

secondary

#C18A89

accent

#5654D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAAC

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

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