#42ABBF#42ABBF

#42ABBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.099 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ABBF
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 191)
HSL	hsl(190, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -23.68, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 30.43, 218.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0833 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.099 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2097, 34.0428, 54.4697)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ABBF #BF5642

analogous

#42BF94 #42ABBF #426CBF

triadic

#42ABBF #BF42AB #ABBF42

tetradic

#42ABBF #9442BF #BF5642 #6CBF42

square

#42ABBF #9442BF #BF5642 #6CBF42

split-complementary

#42ABBF #BF426C #BF9442

monochromatic

#225A65 #328392 #42ABBF #70BFCE #9DD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#42ABBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#42ABBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ABBF

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ABBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ABBF	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8998BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42abbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.099 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c4d2',
    500: '#42abbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42abbf;
$custom-light: #85c4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42abbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68897,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ABBF

secondary

#CA9B93

accent

#654FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ABBF

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

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