#42CBAE#42CBAE

#42CBAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.124 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBAE
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -43.48, 3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 43.64, 175.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1239 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.124 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2389, 46.9226, 47.4468)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBAE #CB425F

analogous

#42CB69 #42CBAE #42A4CB

triadic

#42CBAE #AE42CB #CBAE42

tetradic

#42CBAE #6942CB #CB425F #A4CB42

square

#42CBAE #6942CB #CB425F #A4CB42

split-complementary

#42CBAE #CB42A4 #CB6942

monochromatic

#207361 #2DA38A #42CBAE #72D8C3 #A2E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#42CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBAE

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBAE	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.124 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dbc6',
    500: '#42cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbae;
$custom-light: #87dbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.299,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76143,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBAE

secondary

#D297A3

accent

#4868E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBAE

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

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