#42ACBE#42ACBE

#42ACBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.099 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACBE
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -24.49, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 30.49, 216.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% -0.0848 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.099 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2897, 34.3781, 53.9553)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACBE #BE5442

analogous

#42BE92 #42ACBE #426EBE

triadic

#42ACBE #BE42AC #ACBE42

tetradic

#42ACBE #9242BE #BE5442 #6EBE42

square

#42ACBE #9242BE #BE5442 #6EBE42

split-complementary

#42ACBE #BE426E #BE9242

monochromatic

#225A63 #328391 #42ACBE #70C0CE #9DD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#42ACBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#42ACBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACBE

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACBE	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42acbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.099 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5d1',
    500: '#42acbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42acbe;
$custom-light: #85c5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42acbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69099,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACBE

secondary

#CA9A92

accent

#634FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACBE

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

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