#42ABA1#42ABA1

#42ABA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.097 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABA1
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 161)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 5.8%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, -32.36, -3.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 32.58, 186.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0963 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.097 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2398, 32.8548, 38.8282)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABA1 #AB424C

analogous

#42AB6D #42ABA1 #4281AB

triadic

#42ABA1 #A142AB #ABA142

tetradic

#42ABA1 #6D42AB #AB424C #81AB42

square

#42ABA1 #6D42AB #AB424C #81AB42

split-complementary

#42ABA1 #AB4281 #AB6D42

monochromatic

#20534E #317F77 #42ABA1 #66C4BB #92D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#42ABA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#42ABA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABA1

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABA1	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.097 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4bc',
    500: '#42aba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aba1;
$custom-light: #82c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67811,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABA1

secondary

#C0888E

accent

#5460D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABA1

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

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