#42CBBD#42CBBD

#42CBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.118 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBBD
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -39.58, -3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 39.76, 185.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1171 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.118 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7837, 47.5405, 55.5827)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBBD #CB4250

analogous

#42CB79 #42CBBD #4294CB

triadic

#42CBBD #BD42CB #CBBD42

tetradic

#42CBBD #7942CB #CB4250 #94CB42

square

#42CBBD #7942CB #CB4250 #94CB42

split-complementary

#42CBBD #CB4294 #CB7942

monochromatic

#20736A #2DA397 #42CBBD #72D8CE #A2E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#42CBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBBD

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBBD	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.118 185.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.869,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76594,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBBD

secondary

#D2979D

accent

#4857E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBBD

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

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