#42ABA3#42ABA3

#42ABA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.096 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABA3
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 163)
HSL	hsl(175, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -31.81, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 32.18, 188.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0954 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.096 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4176, 32.9259, 39.7644)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABA3 #AB424A

analogous

#42AB6F #42ABA3 #427FAB

triadic

#42ABA3 #A342AB #ABA342

tetradic

#42ABA3 #6F42AB #AB424A #7FAB42

square

#42ABA3 #6F42AB #AB424A #7FAB42

split-complementary

#42ABA3 #AB427F #AB6F42

monochromatic

#20534F #317F79 #42ABA3 #66C4BD #92D5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#42ABA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#42ABA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABA3

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABA3	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.096 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4be',
    500: '#42aba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aba3;
$custom-light: #82c4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.429,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67877,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABA3

secondary

#C0888D

accent

#545ED4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABA3

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

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