#42AEBC#42AEBC

#42AEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.099 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEBC
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -26.10, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 30.74, 211.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0877 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.099 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4561, 35.0583, 52.9398)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEBC #BC5042

analogous

#42BC8D #42AEBC #4271BC

triadic

#42AEBC #BC42AE #AEBC42

tetradic

#42AEBC #8D42BC #BC5042 #71BC42

square

#42AEBC #8D42BC #BC5042 #71BC42

split-complementary

#42AEBC #BC4271 #BC8D42

monochromatic

#225A61 #32848F #42AEBC #6FC2CC #9CD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#42AEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#42AEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEBC

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEBC	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.099 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6d0',
    500: '#42aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aebc;
$custom-light: #85c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.885,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69505,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEBC

secondary

#C99891

accent

#6050D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEBC

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

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