#42AEB3#42AEB3

#42AEB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEB3
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -28.75, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 31.03, 202.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0915 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.097 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5160, 34.6823, 47.9887)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEB3 #B34742

analogous

#42B37F #42AEB3 #4275B3

triadic

#42AEB3 #B342AE #AEB342

tetradic

#42AEB3 #7F42B3 #B34742 #75B342

square

#42AEB3 #7F42B3 #B34742 #75B342

split-complementary

#42AEB3 #B34275 #B37F42

monochromatic

#21575A #328386 #42AEB3 #6AC4C8 #97D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#42AEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#42AEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEB3

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEB3	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)

#A2A6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6c9',
    500: '#42aeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aeb3;
$custom-light: #84c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.655,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69171,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEB3

secondary

#C48F8C

accent

#5852D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEB3

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

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