#42AABA#42AABA

#42AABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AABA
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -24.69, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 30.00, 214.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0843 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.097 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4807, 33.4501, 51.5585)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AABA #BA5242

analogous

#42BA8E #42AABA #426EBA

triadic

#42AABA #BA42AA #AABA42

tetradic

#42AABA #8E42BA #BA5242 #6EBA42

square

#42AABA #8E42BA #BA5242 #6EBA42

split-complementary

#42AABA #BA426E #BA8E42

monochromatic

#225760 #32818D #42AABA #6EBFCB #9BD3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#42AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#42AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AABA

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AABA	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3ce',
    500: '#42aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aaba;
$custom-light: #84c3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68459,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AABA

secondary

#C89890

accent

#6351D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AABA

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

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