#42C3CB#42C3CB

#42C3CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.110 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C3CB
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -31.95, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 35.00, 204.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1029 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.11 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5366, 44.4966, 63.3623)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C3CB #CB4A42

analogous

#42CB8F #42C3CB #427ECB

triadic

#42C3CB #CB42C3 #C3CB42

tetradic

#42C3CB #8F42CB #CB4A42 #7ECB42

square

#42C3CB #8F42CB #CB4A42 #7ECB42

split-complementary

#42C3CB #CB427E #CB8F42

monochromatic

#206E73 #2D9CA3 #42C3CB #72D2D8 #A2E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#42C3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3CB

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C3CB	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.110 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5da',
    500: '#42c3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c3cb;
$custom-light: #88d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.504,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7513,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C3CB

secondary

#D29A97

accent

#5148E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3CB

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

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