#42AEC3#42AEC3

#42AEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.101 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AEC3
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 195)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -23.98, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 31.08, 219.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0848 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.101 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2290, 35.3675, 57.0108)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AEC3 #C35742

analogous

#42C397 #42AEC3 #426DC3

triadic

#42AEC3 #C342AE #AEC342

tetradic

#42AEC3 #9742C3 #C35742 #6DC342

square

#42AEC3 #9742C3 #C35742 #6DC342

split-complementary

#42AEC3 #C3426D #C39742

monochromatic

#215E69 #308798 #42AEC3 #70C2D2 #9FD6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#42AEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#42AEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AEC3

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AEC3	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.101 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c6d5',
    500: '#42aec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aec3;
$custom-light: #86c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.767,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69778,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AEC3

secondary

#CD9D94

accent

#644DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AEC3

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

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