#42BABC#42BABC

#42BABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BABC
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -31.97, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 33.75, 198.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1002 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.105 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8788, 39.9037, 53.7474)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BABC #BC4442

analogous

#42BC81 #42BABC #427DBC

triadic

#42BABC #BC42BA #BABC42

tetradic

#42BABC #8142BC #BC4442 #7DBC42

square

#42BABC #8142BC #BC4442 #7DBC42

split-complementary

#42BABC #BC427D #BC8142

monochromatic

#226061 #328D8F #42BABC #6FCBCC #9CDBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#42BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BABC

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BABC	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfd0',
    500: '#42babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42babc;
$custom-light: #86cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BABC

secondary

#C99291

accent

#5250D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BABC

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

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