#42CBB2#42CBB2

#42CBB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.122 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBB2
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 12.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -42.47, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 42.50, 177.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.122 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.122 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6347, 47.0809, 49.5312)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBB2 #CB425B

analogous

#42CB6D #42CBB2 #429FCB

triadic

#42CBB2 #B242CB #CBB242

tetradic

#42CBB2 #6D42CB #CB425B #9FCB42

square

#42CBB2 #6D42CB #CB425B #9FCB42

split-complementary

#42CBB2 #CB429F #CB6D42

monochromatic

#207364 #2DA38D #42CBB2 #72D8C6 #A2E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#42CBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBB2

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBB2	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.122 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbc9',
    500: '#42cbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbb2;
$custom-light: #88dbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.051,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76259,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBB2

secondary

#D297A2

accent

#4864E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBB2

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

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