#42ABBA#42ABBA

#42ABBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABBA
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 186)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -25.19, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 30.17, 213.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0854 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.097 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6689, 33.8265, 51.6212)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABBA #BA5142

analogous

#42BA8D #42ABBA #426FBA

triadic

#42ABBA #BA42AB #ABBA42

tetradic

#42ABBA #8D42BA #BA5142 #6FBA42

square

#42ABBA #8D42BA #BA5142 #6FBA42

split-complementary

#42ABBA #BA426F #BA8D42

monochromatic

#225860 #32818D #42ABBA #6EC0CB #9BD3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#42ABBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#42ABBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABBA

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABBA	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c4ce',
    500: '#42abba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abba;
$custom-light: #84c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68701,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABBA

secondary

#C89790

accent

#6151D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABBA

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

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