#42CFB2#42CFB2

#42CFB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.126 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFB2
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 178)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 14%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -44.21, 3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 44.35, 175.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.1261 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.126 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5915, 48.9946, 49.8501)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFB2 #CF425F

analogous

#42CF6B #42CFB2 #42A5CF

triadic

#42CFB2 #B242CF #CFB242

tetradic

#42CFB2 #6B42CF #CF425F #A5CF42

square

#42CFB2 #6B42CF #CF425F #A5CF42

split-complementary

#42CFB2 #CF42A5 #CF6B42

monochromatic

#1F7866 #2BA98F #42CFB2 #73DBC6 #A4E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#42CFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFB2

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFB2	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.126 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec9',
    500: '#42cfb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfb2;
$custom-light: #88dec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.66,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77243,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFB2

secondary

#D598A5

accent

#4566E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFB2

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

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