#42AEB4#42AEB4

#42AEB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42AEB4
RGBrgb(66, 174, 180)
HSLhsl(183, 46%, 48%)
HSVhsv(183, 63%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(63.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.53, -28.46, -12.19)
CIE-LCHlch(65.53, 30.96, 203.19°)
OKLaboklab(69.21% -0.0911 -0.0338)
OKLCHoklch(69.21% 0.097 200.3)
XYZxyz(25.6175, 34.7229, 48.5233)
Luminance0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42AEB4 #B44842
analogous
#42B481 #42AEB4 #4275B4
triadic
#42AEB4 #B442AE #AEB442
tetradic
#42AEB4 #8142B4 #B44842 #75B442
square
#42AEB4 #8142B4 #B44842 #75B442
split-complementary
#42AEB4 #B44275 #B48142
monochromatic
#21575A #328387 #42AEB4 #6BC4C9 #97D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64
#42AEB4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95
#42AEB4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEB4
7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42AEB4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42AEB41.002.647.957.95
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9521.001.001.00
##0000007.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2A7B5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#909AB5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 200.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6ca',
    500: '#42aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42aeb4;
$custom-light: #84c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69207,
    "c": 0.09715,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42AEB4
secondary
#C5908D
accent
#5952D6
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F8
border
#CBD1D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#42AEB4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva