#42AFBB#42AFBB

#42AFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.099 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AFBB
RGB	rgb(66, 175, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -26.90, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 30.93, 209.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0892 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.099 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5426, 35.4032, 52.4387)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AFBB #BB4E42

analogous

#42BB8A #42AFBB #4273BB

triadic

#42AFBB #BB42AF #AFBB42

tetradic

#42AFBB #8A42BB #BB4E42 #73BB42

square

#42AFBB #8A42BB #BB4E42 #73BB42

split-complementary

#42AFBB #BB4273 #BB8A42

monochromatic

#225A61 #32858E #42AFBB #6EC3CC #9CD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#42AFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#42AFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AFBB

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AFBB	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42afbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 175, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.099 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c7cf',
    500: '#42afbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42afbb;
$custom-light: #85c7cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42afbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69709,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AFBB

secondary

#C89691

accent

#5E50D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AFBB

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

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