#42ABBC#42ABBC

#42ABBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.098 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABBC
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -24.59, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 30.24, 215.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0846 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.098 210)
XYZ	xyz(25.8830, 33.9121, 52.7488)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABBC #BC5342

analogous

#42BC90 #42ABBC #426EBC

triadic

#42ABBC #BC42AB #ABBC42

tetradic

#42ABBC #9042BC #BC5342 #6EBC42

square

#42ABBC #9042BC #BC5342 #6EBC42

split-complementary

#42ABBC #BC426E #BC9042

monochromatic

#225961 #32828F #42ABBC #6FBFCC #9CD3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#42ABBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#42ABBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABBC

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABBC	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.098 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4d0',
    500: '#42abbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abbc;
$custom-light: #85c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.361,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68779,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.33915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABBC

secondary

#C99991

accent

#6350D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABBC

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

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