#42ABB8#42ABB8

#42ABB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.096 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABB8
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(187, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -25.79, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 30.13, 211.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0862 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.096 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4577, 33.7420, 50.5093)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABB8 #B84F42

analogous

#42B88A #42ABB8 #4270B8

triadic

#42ABB8 #B842AB #ABB842

tetradic

#42ABB8 #8A42B8 #B84F42 #70B842

square

#42ABB8 #8A42B8 #B84F42 #70B842

split-complementary

#42ABB8 #B84270 #B88A42

monochromatic

#22575E #32818B #42ABB8 #6DC0CB #9AD4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#42ABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#42ABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABB8

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABB8	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.096 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4cd',
    500: '#42abb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abb8;
$custom-light: #84c4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.61,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68625,
    "c": 0.09646,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABB8

secondary

#C7958F

accent

#6051D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABB8

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

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