#42CBA2#42CBA2

#42CBA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBA2
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 162)
HSL	hsl(162, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 20.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -46.41, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 47.44, 168.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.1294 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.132 169)
XYZ	xyz(30.1209, 46.4754, 41.5586)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBA2 #CB426B

analogous

#42CB5E #42CBA2 #42AFCB

triadic

#42CBA2 #A242CB #CBA242

tetradic

#42CBA2 #5E42CB #CB426B #AFCB42

square

#42CBA2 #5E42CB #CB426B #AFCB42

split-complementary

#42CBA2 #CB42AF #CB5E42

monochromatic

#20735A #2DA380 #42CBA2 #72D8BA #A2E5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CBA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#42CBA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBA2

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBA2	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BDA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbbd',
    500: '#42cba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cba2;
$custom-light: #87dbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.044,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75813,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.46479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBA2

secondary

#D297A8

accent

#4875E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBA2

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

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