#42CBAF#42CBAF

#42CBAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.124 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBAF
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 175)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 13.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -43.23, 3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 43.35, 175.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.1234 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.124 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3368, 46.9617, 47.9621)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBAF #CB425E

analogous

#42CB6A #42CBAF #42A3CB

triadic

#42CBAF #AF42CB #CBAF42

tetradic

#42CBAF #6A42CB #CB425E #A3CB42

square

#42CBAF #6A42CB #CB425E #A3CB42

split-complementary

#42CBAF #CB42A3 #CB6A42

monochromatic

#207362 #2DA38B #42CBAF #72D8C3 #A2E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#42CBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBAF

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBAF	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)

#C4BFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.124 176.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.737,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76172,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBAF

secondary

#D297A3

accent

#4867E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBAF

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

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