#42CBC0#42CBC0

#42CBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.117 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBC0
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 192)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 5.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -38.77, -5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 39.13, 187.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.1157 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.117 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1127, 47.6721, 57.3155)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBC0 #CB424D

analogous

#42CB7B #42CBC0 #4292CB

triadic

#42CBC0 #C042CB #CBC042

tetradic

#42CBC0 #7B42CB #CB424D #92CB42

square

#42CBC0 #7B42CB #CB424D #92CB42

split-complementary

#42CBC0 #CB4292 #CB7B42

monochromatic

#20736C #2DA399 #42CBC0 #72D8D0 #A2E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#42CBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBC0

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBC0	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.117 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbd3',
    500: '#42cbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbc0;
$custom-light: #89dbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.182,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7669,
    "c": 0.11669,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBC0

secondary

#D2979B

accent

#4854E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBC0

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

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