#42BABE#42BABE

#42BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.105 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BABE
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -31.40, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 33.55, 200.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0993 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.105 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0959, 39.9905, 54.8907)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BABE #BE4642

analogous

#42BE84 #42BABE #427CBE

triadic

#42BABE #BE42BA #BABE42

tetradic

#42BABE #8442BE #BE4642 #7CBE42

square

#42BABE #8442BE #BE4642 #7CBE42

split-complementary

#42BABE #BE427C #BE8442

monochromatic

#226163 #328E91 #42BABE #70CBCE #9DDBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#42BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BABE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BABE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.105 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86cfd1',
    500: '#42babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42babe;
$custom-light: #86cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72489,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BABE

secondary

#CA9492

accent

#544FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BABE

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

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