#42CAB7#42CAB7

#42CAB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAB7
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 183)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 9.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -40.73, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 40.74, 181.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.1188 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.119 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9105, 46.8146, 52.1449)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAB7 #CA4255

analogous

#42CA73 #42CAB7 #4299CA

triadic

#42CAB7 #B742CA #CAB742

tetradic

#42CAB7 #7342CA #CA4255 #99CA42

square

#42CAB7 #7342CA #CA4255 #99CA42

split-complementary

#42CAB7 #CA4299 #CA7342

monochromatic

#207266 #2DA291 #42CAB7 #72D7C9 #A2E5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#42CAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAB7

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAB7	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbcc',
    500: '#42cab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cab7;
$custom-light: #88dbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.618,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76163,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAB7

secondary

#D1969F

accent

#485DDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAB7

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

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