#42ABBD#42ABBD

#42ABBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.098 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABBD
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -24.29, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 30.30, 216.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0842 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.098 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9911, 33.9554, 53.3185)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABBD #BD5442

analogous

#42BD91 #42ABBD #426EBD

triadic

#42ABBD #BD42AB #ABBD42

tetradic

#42ABBD #9142BD #BD5442 #6EBD42

square

#42ABBD #9142BD #BD5442 #6EBD42

split-complementary

#42ABBD #BD426E #BD9142

monochromatic

#225962 #328290 #42ABBD #6FBFCD #9DD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#42ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#42ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABBD

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABBD	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.098 210.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68818,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABBD

secondary

#C99A92

accent

#6450D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABBD

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

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