#42ABA5#42ABA5

#42ABA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.096 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABA5
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -31.26, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 31.81, 190.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0945 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.096 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5982, 32.9982, 40.7157)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABA5 #AB4248

analogous

#42AB71 #42ABA5 #427DAB

triadic

#42ABA5 #A542AB #ABA542

tetradic

#42ABA5 #7142AB #AB4248 #7DAB42

square

#42ABA5 #7142AB #AB4248 #7DAB42

split-complementary

#42ABA5 #AB427D #AB7142

monochromatic

#205350 #317F7A #42ABA5 #66C4BF #92D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#42ABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#42ABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABA5

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABA5	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.096 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4bf',
    500: '#42aba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aba5;
$custom-light: #83c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67943,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABA5

secondary

#C0888C

accent

#545BD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABA5

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

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