#42CBBC#42CBBC

#42CBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBBC
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -39.85, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 39.98, 184.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.1175 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.118 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6755, 47.4972, 55.0130)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBBC #CB4251

analogous

#42CB78 #42CBBC #4295CB

triadic

#42CBBC #BC42CB #CBBC42

tetradic

#42CBBC #7842CB #CB4251 #95CB42

square

#42CBBC #7842CB #CB4251 #95CB42

split-complementary

#42CBBC #CB4295 #CB7842

monochromatic

#20736A #2DA396 #42CBBC #72D8CD #A2E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#42CBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBBC

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBBC	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbd0',
    500: '#42cbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbbc;
$custom-light: #88dbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.431,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76563,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBBC

secondary

#D2979D

accent

#4858E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBBC

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

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