#42AABB#42AABB

#42AABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AABB
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 9.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -24.38, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 30.05, 215.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0839 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.097 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5874, 33.4928, 52.1203)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AABB #BB5342

analogous

#42BB90 #42AABB #426DBB

triadic

#42AABB #BB42AA #AABB42

tetradic

#42AABB #9042BB #BB5342 #6DBB42

square

#42AABB #9042BB #BB5342 #6DBB42

split-complementary

#42AABB #BB426D #BB9042

monochromatic

#225861 #32818E #42AABB #6EBFCC #9CD3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#42AABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#42AABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AABB

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AABB	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c3cf',
    500: '#42aabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aabb;
$custom-light: #84c3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.43,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68498,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AABB

secondary

#C89991

accent

#6350D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AABB

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

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