#42CAB3#42CAB3

#42CAB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.121 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAB3
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 179)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 11.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -41.77, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 41.78, 178.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1206 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.121 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5001, 46.6504, 49.9834)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAB3 #CA4259

analogous

#42CA6F #42CAB3 #429DCA

triadic

#42CAB3 #B342CA #CAB342

tetradic

#42CAB3 #6F42CA #CA4259 #9DCA42

square

#42CAB3 #6F42CA #CA4259 #9DCA42

split-complementary

#42CAB3 #CA429D #CA6F42

monochromatic

#207264 #2DA28E #42CAB3 #72D7C6 #A2E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#42CAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAB3

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAB3	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.121 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbc9',
    500: '#42cab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cab3;
$custom-light: #88dbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAB3

secondary

#D196A0

accent

#4862DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAB3

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

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