#42C5CE#42C5CE

#42C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C5CE
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -32.04, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 35.32, 204.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.1037 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.112 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3487, 45.5432, 65.4137)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C5CE #CE4B42

analogous

#42CE91 #42C5CE #427FCE

triadic

#42C5CE #CE42C5 #C5CE42

tetradic

#42C5CE #9142CE #CE4B42 #7FCE42

square

#42C5CE #9142CE #CE4B42 #7FCE42

split-complementary

#42C5CE #CE427F #CE9142

monochromatic

#1F7177 #2B9FA7 #42C5CE #73D4DB #A3E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#42C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C5CE

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C5CE	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7dd',
    500: '#42c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c5ce;
$custom-light: #89d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75718,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C5CE

secondary

#D49C98

accent

#5046E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C5CE

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

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