#42ABB0#42ABB0

#42ABB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.095 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABB0
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 176)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -28.14, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 30.41, 202.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0896 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.095 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6428, 33.4160, 46.2171)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABB0 #B04742

analogous

#42B07E #42ABB0 #4274B0

triadic

#42ABB0 #B042AB #ABB042

tetradic

#42ABB0 #7E42B0 #B04742 #74B042

square

#42ABB0 #7E42B0 #B04742 #74B042

split-complementary

#42ABB0 #B04274 #B07E42

monochromatic

#215557 #318083 #42ABB0 #69C2C7 #95D4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#42ABB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#42ABB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABB0

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABB0	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#9FA4B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.095 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4c7',
    500: '#42abb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abb0;
$custom-light: #83c4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68328,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABB0

secondary

#C38D8B

accent

#5953D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABB0

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

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