#42CBC7#42CBC7

#42CBC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.115 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBC7
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 199)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -36.85, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 37.87, 193.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.1127 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.115 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9068, 47.9898, 61.4977)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBC7 #CB4246

analogous

#42CB82 #42CBC7 #428BCB

triadic

#42CBC7 #C742CB #CBC742

tetradic

#42CBC7 #8242CB #CB4246 #8BCB42

square

#42CBC7 #8242CB #CB4246 #8BCB42

split-complementary

#42CBC7 #CB428B #CB8242

monochromatic

#207371 #2DA3A0 #42CBC7 #72D8D5 #A2E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CBC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#42CBC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBC7

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBC7	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.115 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbd7',
    500: '#42cbc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbc7;
$custom-light: #89dbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.248,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7692,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBC7

secondary

#D29798

accent

#484CE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBC7

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

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