#42C3CE#42C3CE

#42C3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C3CE
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -31.07, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 34.85, 206.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.1017 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8976, 44.6409, 65.2633)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C3CE #CE4D42

analogous

#42CE93 #42C3CE #427DCE

triadic

#42C3CE #CE42C3 #C3CE42

tetradic

#42C3CE #9342CE #CE4D42 #7DCE42

square

#42C3CE #9342CE #CE4D42 #7DCE42

split-complementary

#42C3CE #CE427D #CE9342

monochromatic

#1F7077 #2B9EA7 #42C3CE #73D2DB #A3E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#42C3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C3CE

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C3CE	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FACCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d5dd',
    500: '#42c3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c3ce;
$custom-light: #89d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75239,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C3CE

secondary

#D49D98

accent

#5246E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C3CE

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

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