#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
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -28.46, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 30.96, 203.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0911 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.097 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6175, 34.7229, 48.5233)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42AEB4	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42AEB4

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

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