#42CEB2#42CEB2

#42CEB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.125 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEB2
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 178)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 13.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -43.77, 3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 43.88, 175.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.1251 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.125 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3500, 48.5116, 49.7696)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEB2 #CE425E

analogous

#42CE6C #42CEB2 #42A4CE

triadic

#42CEB2 #B242CE #CEB242

tetradic

#42CEB2 #6C42CE #CE425E #A4CE42

square

#42CEB2 #6C42CE #CE425E #A4CE42

split-complementary

#42CEB2 #CE42A4 #CE6C42

monochromatic

#1F7765 #2BA78F #42CEB2 #73DBC6 #A3E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#42CEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEB2

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEB2	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)

#C6C1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.125 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec9',
    500: '#42ceb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceb2;
$custom-light: #88dec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76997,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEB2

secondary

#D498A4

accent

#4665E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEB2

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

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