#42BBAB#42BBAB

#42BBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBAB
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -37.13, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 37.17, 182.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1088 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.109 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3644, 39.6362, 44.7286)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBAB #BB4252

analogous

#42BB6F #42BBAB #428FBB

triadic

#42BBAB #AB42BB #BBAB42

tetradic

#42BBAB #6F42BB #BB4252 #8FBB42

square

#42BBAB #6F42BB #BB4252 #8FBB42

split-complementary

#42BBAB #BB428F #BB6F42

monochromatic

#226158 #328E82 #42BBAB #6ECCC0 #9CDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42BBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#42BBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBAB

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBAB	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0c3',
    500: '#42bbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bbab;
$custom-light: #85d0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.066,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.721,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBAB

secondary

#C89198

accent

#5062D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBAB

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

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