#42CBBA#42CBBA

#42CBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBBA
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 186)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -40.38, -2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 40.44, 183.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% -0.1184 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.119 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4614, 47.4116, 53.8854)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBBA #CB4253

analogous

#42CB76 #42CBBA #4297CB

triadic

#42CBBA #BA42CB #CBBA42

tetradic

#42CBBA #7642CB #CB4253 #97CB42

square

#42CBBA #7642CB #CB4253 #97CB42

split-complementary

#42CBBA #CB4297 #CB7642

monochromatic

#207369 #2DA394 #42CBBA #72D8CC #A2E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#42CBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBBA

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBBA	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbce',
    500: '#42cbba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbba;
$custom-light: #88dbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.555,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76501,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBBA

secondary

#D2979E

accent

#485BE0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBBA

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

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