#42CEA6#42CEA6

#42CEA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.133 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEA6
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 166)
HSL	hsl(163, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 19.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -46.72, 9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 47.60, 168.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.1306 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.133 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1975, 48.0505, 43.6995)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEA6 #CE426A

analogous

#42CE60 #42CEA6 #42B0CE

triadic

#42CEA6 #A642CE #CEA642

tetradic

#42CEA6 #6042CE #CE426A #B0CE42

square

#42CEA6 #6042CE #CE426A #B0CE42

split-complementary

#42CEA6 #CE42B0 #CE6042

monochromatic

#1F775E #2BA784 #42CEA6 #73DBBD #A3E7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#42CEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEA6

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEA6	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.133 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dec0',
    500: '#42cea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cea6;
$custom-light: #87dec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76665,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEA6

secondary

#D498A9

accent

#4672E2

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEA6

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

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