#42CAB9#42CAB9

#42CAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.118 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAB9
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -40.20, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 40.26, 183.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.1179 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.118 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1201, 46.8985, 53.2490)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAB9 #CA4253

analogous

#42CA75 #42CAB9 #4297CA

triadic

#42CAB9 #B942CA #CAB942

tetradic

#42CAB9 #7542CA #CA4253 #97CA42

square

#42CAB9 #7542CA #CA4253 #97CA42

split-complementary

#42CAB9 #CA4297 #CA7542

monochromatic

#207267 #2DA293 #42CAB9 #72D7CB #A2E5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#42CAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAB9

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAB9	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BFB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.118 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbce',
    500: '#42cab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cab9;
$custom-light: #88dbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76225,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAB9

secondary

#D1969E

accent

#485BDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAB9

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

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