#42BBBA#42BBBA

#42BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BBBA
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -33.01, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 34.32, 195.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.1021 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.105 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8761, 40.2409, 52.6903)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BBBA #BB4243

analogous

#42BB7E #42BBBA #4280BB

triadic

#42BBBA #BA42BB #BBBA42

tetradic

#42BBBA #7E42BB #BB4243 #80BB42

square

#42BBBA #7E42BB #BB4243 #80BB42

split-complementary

#42BBBA #BB4280 #BB7E42

monochromatic

#226160 #328E8D #42BBBA #6ECCCB #9CDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#42BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BBBA

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BBBA	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0ce',
    500: '#42bbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bbba;
$custom-light: #86d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.504,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72593,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BBBA

secondary

#C89191

accent

#5051D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BBBA

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

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