#42CEAD#42CEAD

#42CEAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEAD
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 16%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -45.02, 5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 45.37, 172.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.1274 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.128 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8571, 48.3144, 47.1737)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEAD #CE4263

analogous

#42CE67 #42CEAD #42A9CE

triadic

#42CEAD #AD42CE #CEAD42

tetradic

#42CEAD #6742CE #CE4263 #A9CE42

square

#42CEAD #6742CE #CE4263 #A9CE42

split-complementary

#42CEAD #CE42A9 #CE6742

monochromatic

#1F7762 #2BA78A #42CEAD #73DBC2 #A3E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#42CEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEAD

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEAD	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)

#C7C1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec5',
    500: '#42cead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cead;
$custom-light: #88dec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76855,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEAD

secondary

#D498A6

accent

#466BE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEAD

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

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