#42AEC0#42AEC0

#42AEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.100 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEC0
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -24.90, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 30.87, 216.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0861 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.1 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8932, 35.2332, 55.2423)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEC0 #C05442

analogous

#42C093 #42AEC0 #426FC0

triadic

#42AEC0 #C042AE #AEC042

tetradic

#42AEC0 #9342C0 #C05442 #6FC042

square

#42AEC0 #9342C0 #C05442 #6FC042

split-complementary

#42AEC0 #C0426F #C09342

monochromatic

#225C66 #318694 #42AEC0 #70C2CF #9ED5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#42AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#42AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEC0

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEC0	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.100 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c6d3',
    500: '#42aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aec0;
$custom-light: #85c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEC0

secondary

#CB9B93

accent

#624EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEC0

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

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