#42AABE#42AABE

#42AABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.098 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AABE
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -23.47, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 30.24, 219.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0827 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.098 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9119, 33.6226, 53.8294)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AABE #BE5642

analogous

#42BE94 #42AABE #426CBE

triadic

#42AABE #BE42AA #AABE42

tetradic

#42AABE #9442BE #BE5642 #6CBE42

square

#42AABE #9442BE #BE5642 #6CBE42

split-complementary

#42AABE #BE426C #BE9442

monochromatic

#225963 #328291 #42AABE #70BECE #9DD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#42AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#42AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AABE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AABE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.098 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c3d1',
    500: '#42aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aabe;
$custom-light: #85c3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.677,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68616,
    "c": 0.09823,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AABE

secondary

#CA9B92

accent

#664FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AABE

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

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