#42CFBC#42CFBC

#42CFBC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.122 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFBC
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 9.2%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -41.63, -1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 41.66, 182.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.1216 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.122 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6324, 49.4109, 55.3319)
Luminance	0.4941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFBC #CF4255

analogous

#42CF75 #42CFBC #429BCF

triadic

#42CFBC #BC42CF #CFBC42

tetradic

#42CFBC #7542CF #CF4255 #9BCF42

square

#42CFBC #7542CF #CF4255 #9BCF42

split-complementary

#42CFBC #CF429B #CF7542

monochromatic

#1F786C #2BA998 #42CFBC #73DBCD #A4E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#42CFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFBC

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFBC	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.122 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded0',
    500: '#42cfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfbc;
$custom-light: #89ded0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.915,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77539,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFBC

secondary

#D598A0

accent

#455AE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFBC

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

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