#42AEBD#42AEBD

#42AEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.099 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEBD
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -25.80, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 30.76, 212.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.0873 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.099 208)
XYZ	xyz(26.5642, 35.1016, 53.5095)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEBD #BD5142

analogous

#42BD8E #42AEBD #4271BD

triadic

#42AEBD #BD42AE #AEBD42

tetradic

#42AEBD #8E42BD #BD5142 #71BD42

square

#42AEBD #8E42BD #BD5142 #71BD42

split-complementary

#42AEBD #BD4271 #BD8E42

monochromatic

#225A62 #328490 #42AEBD #6FC1CD #9DD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#42AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#42AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEBD

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEBD	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.099 208.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.317,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69543,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.35104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEBD

secondary

#C99992

accent

#6150D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEBD

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

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