#42CBC8#42CBC8

#42CBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBC8
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -36.57, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 37.72, 194.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.1122 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.115 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0233, 48.0364, 62.1112)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBC8 #CB4245

analogous

#42CB83 #42CBC8 #428ACB

triadic

#42CBC8 #C842CB #CBC842

tetradic

#42CBC8 #8342CB #CB4245 #8ACB42

square

#42CBC8 #8342CB #CB4245 #8ACB42

split-complementary

#42CBC8 #CB428A #CB8342

monochromatic

#207371 #2DA3A0 #42CBC8 #72D8D6 #A2E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#42CBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBC8

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBC8	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbd8',
    500: '#42cbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbc8;
$custom-light: #89dbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76953,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBC8

secondary

#D29798

accent

#484BE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBC8

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

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