#42CEAC#42CEAC

#42CEAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.129 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEAC
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 172)
HSL	hsl(165, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 16.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -45.27, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 45.68, 172.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.1278 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.129 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7607, 48.2758, 46.6660)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEAC #CE4264

analogous

#42CE66 #42CEAC #42AACE

triadic

#42CEAC #AC42CE #CEAC42

tetradic

#42CEAC #6642CE #CE4264 #AACE42

square

#42CEAC #6642CE #CE4264 #AACE42

split-complementary

#42CEAC #CE42AA #CE6642

monochromatic

#1F7761 #2BA789 #42CEAC #73DBC1 #A3E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#42CEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEAC

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEAC	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.129 173.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76827,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEAC

secondary

#D498A6

accent

#466CE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEAC

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

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