#42CABB#42CABB

#42CABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CABB
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -39.67, -3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 39.79, 184.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.117 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.117 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3327, 46.9835, 54.3688)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CABB #CA4251

analogous

#42CA77 #42CABB #4295CA

triadic

#42CABB #BB42CA #CABB42

tetradic

#42CABB #7742CA #CA4251 #95CA42

square

#42CABB #7742CA #CA4251 #95CA42

split-complementary

#42CABB #CA4295 #CA7742

monochromatic

#207269 #2DA295 #42CABB #72D7CC #A2E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#42CABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CABB

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CABB	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbcf',
    500: '#42cabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cabb;
$custom-light: #88dbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.382,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76287,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CABB

secondary

#D1969D

accent

#4859DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CABB

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

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