#42CBC3#42CBC3

#42CBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBC3
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 195)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 3.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -37.95, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 38.55, 190.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.1144 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.116 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4485, 47.8064, 59.0839)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBC3 #CB424A

analogous

#42CB7E #42CBC3 #428FCB

triadic

#42CBC3 #C342CB #CBC342

tetradic

#42CBC3 #7E42CB #CB424A #8FCB42

square

#42CBC3 #7E42CB #CB424A #8FCB42

split-complementary

#42CBC3 #CB428F #CB7E42

monochromatic

#20736E #2DA39C #42CBC3 #72D8D2 #A2E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#42CBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBC3

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBC3	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbd5',
    500: '#42cbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbc3;
$custom-light: #89dbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.496,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76787,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBC3

secondary

#D2979A

accent

#4851E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBC3

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

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