#42CBAD#42CBAD

#42CBAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBAD
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 14.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -43.73, 4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 43.94, 174.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.1243 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.125 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1418, 46.8838, 46.9353)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBAD #CB4260

analogous

#42CB68 #42CBAD #42A5CB

triadic

#42CBAD #AD42CB #CBAD42

tetradic

#42CBAD #6842CB #CB4260 #A5CB42

square

#42CBAD #6842CB #CB4260 #A5CB42

split-complementary

#42CBAD #CB42A5 #CB6842

monochromatic

#207361 #2DA389 #42CBAD #72D8C2 #A2E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#42CBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBAD

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBAD	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc5',
    500: '#42cbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbad;
$custom-light: #87dbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.861,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76114,
    "c": 0.1248,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBAD

secondary

#D297A4

accent

#4869E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBAD

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

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