#42C4CE#42C4CE

#42C4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C4CE
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -31.56, -15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 35.08, 205.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.1027 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1224, 45.0906, 65.3383)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C4CE #CE4C42

analogous

#42CE92 #42C4CE #427ECE

triadic

#42C4CE #CE42C4 #C4CE42

tetradic

#42C4CE #9242CE #CE4C42 #7ECE42

square

#42C4CE #9242CE #CE4C42 #7ECE42

split-complementary

#42C4CE #CE427E #CE9242

monochromatic

#1F7177 #2B9FA7 #42C4CE #73D3DB #A3E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42C4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#42C4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C4CE

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C4CE	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d6dd',
    500: '#42c4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c4ce;
$custom-light: #89d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75478,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C4CE

secondary

#D49C98

accent

#5146E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C4CE

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

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