#42BABA#42BABA

#42BABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BABA
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -32.54, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 33.99, 196.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.101 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.105 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6647, 39.8181, 52.6198)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BABA #BA4242

analogous

#42BA7E #42BABA #427EBA

triadic

#42BABA #BA42BA #BABA42

tetradic

#42BABA #7E42BA #BA4242 #7EBA42

square

#42BABA #7E42BA #BA4242 #7EBA42

split-complementary

#42BABA #BA427E #BA7E42

monochromatic

#226060 #328D8D #42BABA #6ECBCB #9BDBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#42BABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BABA

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BABA	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfce',
    500: '#42baba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baba;
$custom-light: #86cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72349,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BABA

secondary

#C89090

accent

#5151D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BABA

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

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