#42CEB5#42CEB5

#42CEB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.124 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEB5
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 12.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -43.01, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 43.04, 177.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.1237 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.124 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6545, 48.6334, 51.3733)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEB5 #CE425B

analogous

#42CE6F #42CEB5 #42A1CE

triadic

#42CEB5 #B542CE #CEB542

tetradic

#42CEB5 #6F42CE #CE425B #A1CE42

square

#42CEB5 #6F42CE #CE425B #A1CE42

split-complementary

#42CEB5 #CE42A1 #CE6F42

monochromatic

#1F7767 #2BA791 #42CEB5 #73DBC8 #A3E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#42CEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEB5

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEB5	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.124 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddcb',
    500: '#42ceb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceb5;
$custom-light: #88ddcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77085,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEB5

secondary

#D498A3

accent

#4662E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEB5

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

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