#42AEB7#42AEB7

#42AEB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEB7
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 183)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -27.58, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 30.80, 206.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.0898 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9264, 34.8464, 50.1502)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEB7 #B74B42

analogous

#42B786 #42AEB7 #4274B7

triadic

#42AEB7 #B742AE #AEB742

tetradic

#42AEB7 #8642B7 #B74B42 #74B742

square

#42AEB7 #8642B7 #B74B42 #74B742

split-complementary

#42AEB7 #B74274 #B78642

monochromatic

#22585D #32838A #42AEB7 #6CC3CA #99D5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#42AEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#42AEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEB7

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEB7	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aeb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84c6cc',
    500: '#42aeb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aeb7;
$custom-light: #84c6cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aeb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69317,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEB7

secondary

#C6938F

accent

#5B51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEB7

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

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