#42AEB8#42AEB8

#42AEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEB8
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -27.29, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 30.77, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0894 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0308, 34.8882, 50.7003)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEB8 #B84C42

analogous

#42B887 #42AEB8 #4273B8

triadic

#42AEB8 #B842AE #AEB842

tetradic

#42AEB8 #8742B8 #B84C42 #73B842

square

#42AEB8 #8742B8 #B84C42 #73B842

split-complementary

#42AEB8 #B84273 #B88742

monochromatic

#22595E #32838B #42AEB8 #6DC3CB #9AD5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#42AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#42AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEB8

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEB8	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6cd',
    500: '#42aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aeb8;
$custom-light: #85c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69354,
    "c": 0.0977,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEB8

secondary

#C7948F

accent

#5C51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEB8

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

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