#42CBC5#42CBC5

#42CBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBC5
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 197)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -37.40, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 38.20, 191.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.1135 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.116 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6761, 47.8975, 60.2828)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBC5 #CB4248

analogous

#42CB80 #42CBC5 #428DCB

triadic

#42CBC5 #C542CB #CBC542

tetradic

#42CBC5 #8042CB #CB4248 #8DCB42

square

#42CBC5 #8042CB #CB4248 #8DCB42

split-complementary

#42CBC5 #CB428D #CB8042

monochromatic

#20736F #2DA39E #42CBC5 #72D8D4 #A2E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#42CBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBC5

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBC5	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbd6',
    500: '#42cbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbc5;
$custom-light: #89dbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.372,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76853,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBC5

secondary

#D29799

accent

#484EE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBC5

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

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