#42CBB0#42CBB0

#42CBB0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.123 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBB0
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 176)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 13.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -42.98, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 43.06, 176.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.123 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.123 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4353, 47.0012, 48.4813)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBB0 #CB425D

analogous

#42CB6B #42CBB0 #42A1CB

triadic

#42CBB0 #B042CB #CBB042

tetradic

#42CBB0 #6B42CB #CB425D #A1CB42

square

#42CBB0 #6B42CB #CB425D #A1CB42

split-complementary

#42CBB0 #CB42A1 #CB6B42

monochromatic

#207363 #2DA38C #42CBB0 #72D8C4 #A2E5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CBB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#42CBB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBB0

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBB0	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.123 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbc7',
    500: '#42cbb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbb0;
$custom-light: #88dbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.175,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.762,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBB0

secondary

#D297A2

accent

#4866E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBB0

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

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