#42AABC#42AABC

#42AABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AABC
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, -24.08, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 30.10, 216.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0835 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.097 211)
XYZ	xyz(25.6948, 33.5358, 52.6861)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AABC #BC5442

analogous

#42BC91 #42AABC #426DBC

triadic

#42AABC #BC42AA #AABC42

tetradic

#42AABC #9142BC #BC5442 #6DBC42

square

#42AABC #9142BC #BC5442 #6DBC42

split-complementary

#42AABC #BC426D #BC9142

monochromatic

#225861 #32818F #42AABC #6FBFCC #9CD3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#42AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#42AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AABC

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AABC	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3d0',
    500: '#42aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aabc;
$custom-light: #85c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68537,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.33539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AABC

secondary

#C99991

accent

#6450D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AABC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →