#42ADBA#42ADBA

#42ADBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.098 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ADBA
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 186)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, -26.20, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 30.53, 210.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0875 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.098 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0495, 34.5877, 51.7481)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ADBA #BA4F42

analogous

#42BA8B #42ADBA #4271BA

triadic

#42ADBA #BA42AD #ADBA42

tetradic

#42ADBA #8B42BA #BA4F42 #71BA42

square

#42ADBA #8B42BA #BA4F42 #71BA42

split-complementary

#42ADBA #BA4271 #BA8B42

monochromatic

#225960 #32838D #42ADBA #6EC1CB #9BD4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#42ADBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#42ADBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ADBA

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ADBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ADBA	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42adba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.098 206.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42adba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69186,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ADBA

secondary

#C89690

accent

#5F51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ADBA

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

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