#42ABAF#42ABAF

#42ABAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.095 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABAF
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 175)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -28.43, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 30.49, 201.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0901 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.095 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5442, 33.3766, 45.6979)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABAF #AF4642

analogous

#42AF7D #42ABAF #4274AF

triadic

#42ABAF #AF42AB #ABAF42

tetradic

#42ABAF #7D42AF #AF4642 #74AF42

square

#42ABAF #7D42AF #AF4642 #74AF42

split-complementary

#42ABAF #AF4274 #AF7D42

monochromatic

#205456 #318083 #42ABAF #68C3C6 #95D4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#42ABAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#42ABAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABAF

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABAF	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.095 198.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.202,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68292,
    "c": 0.09509,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABAF

secondary

#C28C8A

accent

#5853D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABAF

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

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