#42AAAE#42AAAE

#42AAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.094 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AAAE
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -28.23, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 30.28, 201.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0894 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.094 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2582, 32.9611, 45.1199)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AAAE #AE4642

analogous

#42AE7C #42AAAE #4274AE

triadic

#42AAAE #AE42AA #AAAE42

tetradic

#42AAAE #7C42AE #AE4642 #74AE42

square

#42AAAE #7C42AE #AE4642 #74AE42

split-complementary

#42AAAE #AE4274 #AE7C42

monochromatic

#205355 #317F82 #42AAAE #68C2C6 #94D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#42AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#42AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AAAE

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AAAE	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.094 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c3c6',
    500: '#42aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaae;
$custom-light: #83c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6801,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AAAE

secondary

#C28C8A

accent

#5853D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AAAE

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

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