#42BABB#42BABB

#42BABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BABB
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -32.26, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 33.86, 197.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.1006 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.105 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7713, 39.8607, 53.1817)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BABB #BB4342

analogous

#42BB80 #42BABB #427EBB

triadic

#42BABB #BB42BA #BABB42

tetradic

#42BABB #8042BB #BB4342 #7EBB42

square

#42BABB #8042BB #BB4342 #7EBB42

split-complementary

#42BABB #BB427E #BB8042

monochromatic

#226061 #328D8E #42BABB #6ECBCC #9CDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#42BABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BABB

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BABB	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42babb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfcf',
    500: '#42babb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42babb;
$custom-light: #86cfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42babb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.496,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72384,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BABB

secondary

#C89191

accent

#5150D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BABB

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

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