#42ABB6#42ABB6

#42ABB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.096 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABB6
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 182)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -26.38, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 30.14, 208.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0871 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.096 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2496, 33.6588, 49.4130)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABB6 #B64D42

analogous

#42B687 #42ABB6 #4271B6

triadic

#42ABB6 #B642AB #ABB642

tetradic

#42ABB6 #8742B6 #B64D42 #71B642

square

#42ABB6 #8742B6 #B64D42 #71B642

split-complementary

#42ABB6 #B64271 #B68742

monochromatic

#21575C #328189 #42ABB6 #6CC1CA #99D4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#42ABB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#42ABB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABB6

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABB6	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C97B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.096 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4cb',
    500: '#42abb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abb6;
$custom-light: #84c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68549,
    "c": 0.09598,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABB6

secondary

#C6938E

accent

#5E51D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABB6

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

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