#42C2CE#42C2CE

#42C2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2CE
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -30.59, -16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 34.63, 207.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.1007 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6743, 44.1943, 65.1889)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2CE #CE4E42

analogous

#42CE94 #42C2CE #427CCE

triadic

#42C2CE #CE42C2 #C2CE42

tetradic

#42C2CE #9442CE #CE4E42 #7CCE42

square

#42C2CE #9442CE #CE4E42 #7CCE42

split-complementary

#42C2CE #CE427C #CE9442

monochromatic

#1F6F77 #2B9DA7 #42C2CE #73D2DB #A3E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#42C2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2CE

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2CE	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5dd',
    500: '#42c2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2ce;
$custom-light: #89d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2CE

secondary

#D49D98

accent

#5346E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2CE

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

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