#42AEBB#42AEBB

#42AEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.098 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEBB
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -26.40, -15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 30.73, 210.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0881 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.098 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3486, 35.0153, 52.3741)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEBB #BB4F42

analogous

#42BB8B #42AEBB #4272BB

triadic

#42AEBB #BB42AE #AEBB42

tetradic

#42AEBB #8B42BB #BB4F42 #72BB42

square

#42AEBB #8B42BB #BB4F42 #72BB42

split-complementary

#42AEBB #BB4272 #BB8B42

monochromatic

#225A61 #32848E #42AEBB #6EC2CC #9CD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#42AEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#42AEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEBB

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEBB	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.098 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6cf',
    500: '#42aebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aebb;
$custom-light: #85c6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.446,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69467,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEBB

secondary

#C89791

accent

#5F50D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEBB

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

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