#42CEB3#42CEB3

#42CEB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.125 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEB3
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 179)
HSL	hsl(168, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 13.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -43.52, 2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 43.60, 176.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.1246 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.125 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4508, 48.5519, 50.3003)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEB3 #CE425D

analogous

#42CE6D #42CEB3 #42A3CE

triadic

#42CEB3 #B342CE #CEB342

tetradic

#42CEB3 #6D42CE #CE425D #A3CE42

square

#42CEB3 #6D42CE #CE425D #A3CE42

split-complementary

#42CEB3 #CE42A3 #CE6D42

monochromatic

#1F7766 #2BA78F #42CEB3 #73DBC7 #A3E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#42CEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEB3

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEB3	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B3B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.125 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dec9',
    500: '#42ceb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceb3;
$custom-light: #88dec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77026,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEB3

secondary

#D498A3

accent

#4664E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEB3

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

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