#42CBAB#42CBAB

#42CBAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBAB
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 15.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -44.23, 5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 44.54, 173.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.1253 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.126 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9497, 46.8069, 45.9237)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBAB #CB4262

analogous

#42CB66 #42CBAB #42A7CB

triadic

#42CBAB #AB42CB #CBAB42

tetradic

#42CBAB #6642CB #CB4262 #A7CB42

square

#42CBAB #6642CB #CB4262 #A7CB42

split-complementary

#42CBAB #CB42A7 #CB6642

monochromatic

#207360 #2DA387 #42CBAB #72D8C0 #A2E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#42CBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBAB

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBAB	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc4',
    500: '#42cbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbab;
$custom-light: #87dbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.985,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76058,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBAB

secondary

#D297A5

accent

#486BE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBAB

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

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