#42CAB2#42CAB2

#42CAB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.121 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAB2
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 11.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -42.03, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 42.05, 178.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.121 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.121 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3993, 46.6101, 49.4527)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAB2 #CA425A

analogous

#42CA6E #42CAB2 #429ECA

triadic

#42CAB2 #B242CA #CAB242

tetradic

#42CAB2 #6E42CA #CA425A #9ECA42

square

#42CAB2 #6E42CA #CA425A #9ECA42

split-complementary

#42CAB2 #CA429E #CA6E42

monochromatic

#207263 #2DA28D #42CAB2 #72D7C5 #A2E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#42CAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAB2

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAB2	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BEB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.121 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc9',
    500: '#42cab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cab2;
$custom-light: #87dbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76013,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAB2

secondary

#D196A1

accent

#4863DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAB2

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

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