#42ABA6#42ABA6

#42ABA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.096 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABA6
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -30.98, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 31.63, 191.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.094 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.096 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6896, 33.0347, 41.1969)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABA6 #AB4247

analogous

#42AB72 #42ABA6 #427CAB

triadic

#42ABA6 #A642AB #ABA642

tetradic

#42ABA6 #7242AB #AB4247 #7CAB42

square

#42ABA6 #7242AB #AB4247 #7CAB42

split-complementary

#42ABA6 #AB427C #AB7242

monochromatic

#205350 #317F7B #42ABA6 #66C4C0 #92D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#42ABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#42ABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABA6

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABA6	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.096 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4c0',
    500: '#42aba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aba6;
$custom-light: #83c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67977,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABA6

secondary

#C0888B

accent

#545AD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABA6

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

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