#42CBC9#42CBC9

#42CBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.115 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBC9
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -36.29, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 37.57, 195.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.1118 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.115 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1405, 48.0833, 62.7287)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBC9 #CB4244

analogous

#42CB84 #42CBC9 #4288CB

triadic

#42CBC9 #C942CB #CBC942

tetradic

#42CBC9 #8442CB #CB4244 #88CB42

square

#42CBC9 #8442CB #CB4244 #88CB42

split-complementary

#42CBC9 #CB4288 #CB8442

monochromatic

#207372 #2DA3A1 #42CBC9 #72D8D7 #A2E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#42CBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBC9

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBC9	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.115 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbd9',
    500: '#42cbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbc9;
$custom-light: #89dbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.124,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76987,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBC9

secondary

#D29798

accent

#484AE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBC9

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

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