#42ABBE#42ABBE

#42ABBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.098 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABBE
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -23.98, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 30.36, 217.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0837 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.098 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1001, 33.9989, 53.8921)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABBE #BE5542

analogous

#42BE93 #42ABBE #426DBE

triadic

#42ABBE #BE42AB #ABBE42

tetradic

#42ABBE #9342BE #BE5542 #6DBE42

square

#42ABBE #9342BE #BE5542 #6DBE42

split-complementary

#42ABBE #BE426D #BE9342

monochromatic

#225963 #328291 #42ABBE #70BFCE #9DD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#42ABBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#42ABBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABBE

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABBE	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.098 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4d1',
    500: '#42abbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abbe;
$custom-light: #85c4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.194,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68857,
    "c": 0.09843,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABBE

secondary

#CA9B92

accent

#644FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABBE

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

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