#42BAAB#42BAAB

#42BAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.108 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAAB
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -36.67, -2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 36.74, 183.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.1077 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.108 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1529, 39.2134, 44.6581)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAAB #BA4251

analogous

#42BA6F #42BAAB #428DBA

triadic

#42BAAB #AB42BA #BAAB42

tetradic

#42BAAB #6F42BA #BA4251 #8DBA42

square

#42BAAB #6F42BA #BA4251 #8DBA42

split-complementary

#42BAAB #BA428D #BA6F42

monochromatic

#226058 #328D81 #42BAAB #6ECBC0 #9BDBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#42BAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAAB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAAB	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.108 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc3',
    500: '#42baab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baab;
$custom-light: #85cfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71853,
    "c": 0.10791,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAAB

secondary

#C89097

accent

#5161D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAAB

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

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