#42CBAC#42CBAC

#42CBAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBAC
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 15.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -43.98, 4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 44.24, 173.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.1248 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.125 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0454, 46.8452, 46.4276)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBAC #CB4261

analogous

#42CB67 #42CBAC #42A6CB

triadic

#42CBAC #AC42CB #CBAC42

tetradic

#42CBAC #6742CB #CB4261 #A6CB42

square

#42CBAC #6742CB #CB4261 #A6CB42

split-complementary

#42CBAC #CB42A6 #CB6742

monochromatic

#207360 #2DA388 #42CBAC #72D8C1 #A2E5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#42CBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBAC

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBAC	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 174.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.423,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76086,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBAC

secondary

#D297A4

accent

#486AE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBAC

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

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