#42ADBC#42ADBC

#42ADBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ADBC
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, -25.60, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 30.56, 213.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0867 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.098 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2636, 34.6734, 52.8757)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ADBC #BC5142

analogous

#42BC8E #42ADBC #4270BC

triadic

#42ADBC #BC42AD #ADBC42

tetradic

#42ADBC #8E42BC #BC5142 #70BC42

square

#42ADBC #8E42BC #BC5142 #70BC42

split-complementary

#42ADBC #BC4270 #BC8E42

monochromatic

#225A61 #32838F #42ADBC #6FC1CC #9CD4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#42ADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#42ADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ADBC

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ADBC	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42adbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5d0',
    500: '#42adbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42adbc;
$custom-light: #85c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42adbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.377,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69263,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ADBC

secondary

#C99891

accent

#6150D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ADBC

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

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