#42BBAE#42BBAE

#42BBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBAE
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -36.33, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 36.47, 185.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1074 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.108 185)
XYZ	xyz(27.6535, 39.7519, 46.2517)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBAE #BB424F

analogous

#42BB72 #42BBAE #428BBB

triadic

#42BBAE #AE42BB #BBAE42

tetradic

#42BBAE #7242BB #BB424F #8BBB42

square

#42BBAE #7242BB #BB424F #8BBB42

split-complementary

#42BBAE #BB428B #BB7242

monochromatic

#22615A #328E84 #42BBAE #6ECCC2 #9CDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42BBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#42BBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBAE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBAE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d0c6',
    500: '#42bbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bbae;
$custom-light: #85d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.554,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72195,
    "c": 0.10782,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.39755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBAE

secondary

#C89197

accent

#505FD7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBAE

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

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