#42ABB7#42ABB7

#42ABB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.096 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABB7
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 183)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 6.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -26.09, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 30.13, 210.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0866 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.096 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3533, 33.7002, 49.9592)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABB7 #B74E42

analogous

#42B789 #42ABB7 #4271B7

triadic

#42ABB7 #B742AB #ABB742

tetradic

#42ABB7 #8942B7 #B74E42 #71B742

square

#42ABB7 #8942B7 #B74E42 #71B742

split-complementary

#42ABB7 #B74271 #B78942

monochromatic

#22575D #32818A #42ABB7 #6CC0CA #99D4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#42ABB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#42ABB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABB7

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABB7	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C97B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.096 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4cc',
    500: '#42abb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abb7;
$custom-light: #84c4cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68587,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABB7

secondary

#C6948F

accent

#5F51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABB7

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

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