#42ABAE#42ABAE

#42ABAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.095 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABAE
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -28.72, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 30.58, 200.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0905 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.095 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4463, 33.3375, 45.1826)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABAE #AE4542

analogous

#42AE7B #42ABAE #4275AE

triadic

#42ABAE #AE42AB #ABAE42

tetradic

#42ABAE #7B42AE #AE4542 #75AE42

square

#42ABAE #7B42AE #AE4542 #75AE42

split-complementary

#42ABAE #AE4275 #AE7B42

monochromatic

#205455 #317F82 #42ABAE #68C3C6 #94D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#42ABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#42ABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABAE

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABAE	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.095 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4c6',
    500: '#42abae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abae;
$custom-light: #83c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68256,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABAE

secondary

#C28B8A

accent

#5753D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABAE

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

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