#42C1CE#42C1CE

#42C1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C1CE
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -30.11, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 34.42, 208.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0997 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.11 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4525, 43.7507, 65.1150)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C1CE #CE4F42

analogous

#42CE95 #42C1CE #427BCE

triadic

#42C1CE #CE42C1 #C1CE42

tetradic

#42C1CE #9542CE #CE4F42 #7BCE42

square

#42C1CE #9542CE #CE4F42 #7BCE42

split-complementary

#42C1CE #CE427B #CE9542

monochromatic

#1F6F77 #2B9CA7 #42C1CE #73D1DB #A3E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#42C1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C1CE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C1CE	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d4dd',
    500: '#42c1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c1ce;
$custom-light: #89d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74759,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C1CE

secondary

#D49D98

accent

#5446E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C1CE

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

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