#42CEB4#42CEB4

#42CEB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.124 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEB4
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 180)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 12.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -43.27, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 43.32, 177.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.1242 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.124 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5523, 48.5925, 50.8349)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEB4 #CE425C

analogous

#42CE6E #42CEB4 #42A2CE

triadic

#42CEB4 #B442CE #CEB442

tetradic

#42CEB4 #6E42CE #CE425C #A2CE42

square

#42CEB4 #6E42CE #CE425C #A2CE42

split-complementary

#42CEB4 #CE42A2 #CE6E42

monochromatic

#1F7766 #2BA790 #42CEB4 #73DBC7 #A3E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#42CEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEB4

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEB4	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.124 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88deca',
    500: '#42ceb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceb4;
$custom-light: #88deca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77055,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEB4

secondary

#D498A3

accent

#4663E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEB4

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

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