#42CEAB#42CEAB

#42CEAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.129 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEAB
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 17%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -45.51, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 45.99, 171.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.1283 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.129 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6650, 48.2376, 46.1621)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEAB #CE4265

analogous

#42CE65 #42CEAB #42ABCE

triadic

#42CEAB #AB42CE #CEAB42

tetradic

#42CEAB #6542CE #CE4265 #ABCE42

square

#42CEAB #6542CE #CE4265 #ABCE42

split-complementary

#42CEAB #CE42AB #CE6542

monochromatic

#1F7761 #2BA788 #42CEAB #73DBC1 #A3E7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#42CEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEAB

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEAB	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.129 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec4',
    500: '#42ceab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceab;
$custom-light: #88dec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.768,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEAB

secondary

#D498A7

accent

#466DE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEAB

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

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