#42CEB1#42CEB1

#42CEB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.126 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEB1
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 177)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 14.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -44.03, 3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 44.17, 175.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.1255 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.126 176)
XYZ	xyz(32.2500, 48.4715, 49.2427)
Luminance	0.4848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEB1 #CE425F

analogous

#42CE6B #42CEB1 #42A5CE

triadic

#42CEB1 #B142CE #CEB142

tetradic

#42CEB1 #6B42CE #CE425F #A5CE42

square

#42CEB1 #6B42CE #CE425F #A5CE42

split-complementary

#42CEB1 #CE42A5 #CE6B42

monochromatic

#1F7765 #2BA78E #42CEB1 #73DBC5 #A3E7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CEB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#42CEB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEB1

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEB1	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.126 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec8',
    500: '#42ceb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceb1;
$custom-light: #88dec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76968,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.48475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEB1

secondary

#D498A4

accent

#4666E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEB1

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

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