#42CBA8#42CBA8

#42CBA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.128 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBA8
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 168)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 17.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -44.97, 6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 45.48, 171.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.1266 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.128 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6670, 46.6938, 44.4348)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBA8 #CB4265

analogous

#42CB64 #42CBA8 #42A9CB

triadic

#42CBA8 #A842CB #CBA842

tetradic

#42CBA8 #6442CB #CB4265 #A9CB42

square

#42CBA8 #6442CB #CB4265 #A9CB42

split-complementary

#42CBA8 #CB42A9 #CB6442

monochromatic

#20735E #2DA385 #42CBA8 #72D8BE #A2E5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CBA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#42CBA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBA8

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBA8	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.128 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc1',
    500: '#42cba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cba8;
$custom-light: #87dbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.672,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75974,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBA8

secondary

#D297A6

accent

#486FE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBA8

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

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