#42ABA4#42ABA4

#42ABA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.096 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABA4
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 164)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -31.54, -5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 31.99, 189.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0949 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.096 189)
XYZ	xyz(23.5075, 32.9619, 40.2382)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABA4 #AB4249

analogous

#42AB70 #42ABA4 #427EAB

triadic

#42ABA4 #A442AB #ABA442

tetradic

#42ABA4 #7042AB #AB4249 #7EAB42

square

#42ABA4 #7042AB #AB4249 #7EAB42

split-complementary

#42ABA4 #AB427E #AB7042

monochromatic

#20534F #317F7A #42ABA4 #66C4BE #92D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#42ABA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#42ABA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABA4

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABA4	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)

#A2A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.096 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4be',
    500: '#42aba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aba4;
$custom-light: #83c4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6791,
    "c": 0.09611,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.32964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABA4

secondary

#C0888C

accent

#545CD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABA4

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

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