#42C6CE#42C6CE

#42C6CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C6CE
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -32.51, -14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 35.57, 203.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.1047 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.112 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5765, 45.9988, 65.4896)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C6CE #CE4A42

analogous

#42CE90 #42C6CE #4280CE

triadic

#42C6CE #CE42C6 #C6CE42

tetradic

#42C6CE #9042CE #CE4A42 #80CE42

square

#42C6CE #9042CE #CE4A42 #80CE42

split-complementary

#42C6CE #CE4280 #CE9042

monochromatic

#1F7277 #2BA0A7 #42C6CE #73D5DB #A3E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42C6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#42C6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C6CE

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C6CE	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d7dd',
    500: '#42c6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c6ce;
$custom-light: #89d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75958,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C6CE

secondary

#D49B98

accent

#4F46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C6CE

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

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