#42ABBB#42ABBB

#42ABBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.097 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABBB
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -24.89, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 30.20, 214.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.085 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.097 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7755, 33.8691, 52.1831)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABBB #BB5242

analogous

#42BB8F #42ABBB #426FBB

triadic

#42ABBB #BB42AB #ABBB42

tetradic

#42ABBB #8F42BB #BB5242 #6FBB42

square

#42ABBB #8F42BB #BB5242 #6FBB42

split-complementary

#42ABBB #BB426F #BB8F42

monochromatic

#225861 #32828E #42ABBB #6EC0CC #9CD3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#42ABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#42ABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABBB

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABBB	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)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.097 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4cf',
    500: '#42abbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abbb;
$custom-light: #85c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.934,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6874,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABBB

secondary

#C89891

accent

#6250D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABBB

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

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