#42CBBE#42CBBE

#42CBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBBE
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 6.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -39.31, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 39.54, 186.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.1166 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.117 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8926, 47.5841, 56.1563)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBBE #CB424F

analogous

#42CB7A #42CBBE #4293CB

triadic

#42CBBE #BE42CB #CBBE42

tetradic

#42CBBE #7A42CB #CB424F #93CB42

square

#42CBBE #7A42CB #CB424F #93CB42

split-complementary

#42CBBE #CB4293 #CB7A42

monochromatic

#20736B #2DA398 #42CBBE #72D8CF #A2E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#42CBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBBE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBBE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbd1',
    500: '#42cbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbbe;
$custom-light: #88dbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.307,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76626,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBBE

secondary

#D2979C

accent

#4856E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBBE

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

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