#42CBAA#42CBAA

#42CBAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.127 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBAA
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 170)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 16.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -44.48, 5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 44.85, 172.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.1257 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.127 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8548, 46.7689, 45.4236)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBAA #CB4263

analogous

#42CB65 #42CBAA #42A8CB

triadic

#42CBAA #AA42CB #CBAA42

tetradic

#42CBAA #6542CB #CB4263 #A8CB42

square

#42CBAA #6542CB #CB4263 #A8CB42

split-complementary

#42CBAA #CB42A8 #CB6542

monochromatic

#20735F #2DA387 #42CBAA #72D8C0 #A2E5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CBAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#42CBAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBAA

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBAA	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.127 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc3',
    500: '#42cbaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbaa;
$custom-light: #87dbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.547,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7603,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBAA

secondary

#D297A5

accent

#486CE0

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBAA

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

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