#42ABB5#42ABB5

#42ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABB5
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -26.68, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 30.16, 207.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0875 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.096 204)
XYZ	xyz(25.1466, 33.6176, 48.8707)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABB5 #B54C42

analogous

#42B585 #42ABB5 #4271B5

triadic

#42ABB5 #B542AB #ABB542

tetradic

#42ABB5 #8542B5 #B54C42 #71B542

square

#42ABB5 #8542B5 #B54C42 #71B542

split-complementary

#42ABB5 #B54271 #B58542

monochromatic

#21565B #328188 #42ABB5 #6BC1C9 #98D4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#42ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#42ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABB5

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABB5	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4cb',
    500: '#42abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abb5;
$custom-light: #84c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68512,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.3362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABB5

secondary

#C5928E

accent

#5D52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABB5

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

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