#42BAAE#42BAAE

#42BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.107 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAAE
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -35.86, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 36.06, 185.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1063 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.107 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4421, 39.3290, 46.1812)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAAE #BA424E

analogous

#42BA72 #42BAAE #428ABA

triadic

#42BAAE #AE42BA #BAAE42

tetradic

#42BAAE #7242BA #BA424E #8ABA42

square

#42BAAE #7242BA #BA424E #8ABA42

split-complementary

#42BAAE #BA428A #BA7242

monochromatic

#226059 #328D84 #42BAAE #6ECBC2 #9BDBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#42BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#42BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAAE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAAE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.107 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc6',
    500: '#42baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baae;
$custom-light: #85cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71948,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAAE

secondary

#C89096

accent

#515ED7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAAE

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

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