#42ACBA#42ACBA

#42ACBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.097 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACBA
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 186)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, -25.69, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 30.34, 212.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0864 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.097 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8585, 34.2057, 51.6844)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACBA #BA5042

analogous

#42BA8C #42ACBA #4270BA

triadic

#42ACBA #BA42AC #ACBA42

tetradic

#42ACBA #8C42BA #BA5042 #70BA42

square

#42ACBA #8C42BA #BA5042 #70BA42

split-complementary

#42ACBA #BA4270 #BA8C42

monochromatic

#225860 #32828D #42ACBA #6EC1CB #9BD4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#42ACBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#42ACBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACBA

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACBA	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42acba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.097 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5ce',
    500: '#42acba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42acba;
$custom-light: #85c5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42acba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68944,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACBA

secondary

#C89790

accent

#6051D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACBA

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

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