#42AEBF#42AEBF

#42AEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.100 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEBF
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -25.20, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 30.82, 215.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0865 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.1 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7828, 35.1890, 54.6608)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEBF #BF5342

analogous

#42BF91 #42AEBF #426FBF

triadic

#42AEBF #BF42AE #AEBF42

tetradic

#42AEBF #9142BF #BF5342 #6FBF42

square

#42AEBF #9142BF #BF5342 #6FBF42

split-complementary

#42AEBF #BF426F #BF9142

monochromatic

#225C65 #328592 #42AEBF #70C2CE #9DD5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#42AEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#42AEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEBF

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEBF	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.100 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6d2',
    500: '#42aebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aebf;
$custom-light: #85c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.16,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6962,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEBF

secondary

#CA9A93

accent

#624FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEBF

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

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