#42BAB2#42BAB2

#42BAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BAB2
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -34.77, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 35.25, 189.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1046 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.106 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8379, 39.4874, 48.2656)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BAB2 #BA424A

analogous

#42BA76 #42BAB2 #4286BA

triadic

#42BAB2 #B242BA #BAB242

tetradic

#42BAB2 #7642BA #BA424A #86BA42

square

#42BAB2 #7642BA #BA424A #86BA42

split-complementary

#42BAB2 #BA4286 #BA7642

monochromatic

#22605C #328D87 #42BAB2 #6ECBC5 #9BDBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#42BAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#42BAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BAB2

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BAB2	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85cfc9',
    500: '#42bab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bab2;
$custom-light: #85cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72078,
    "c": 0.1058,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BAB2

secondary

#C89094

accent

#515AD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BAB2

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

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