#42CEB7#42CEB7

#42CEB7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.123 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEB7
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 183)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 11.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -42.50, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 42.50, 179.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.1228 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.123 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8612, 48.7160, 52.4618)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEB7 #CE4259

analogous

#42CE71 #42CEB7 #429FCE

triadic

#42CEB7 #B742CE #CEB742

tetradic

#42CEB7 #7142CE #CE4259 #9FCE42

square

#42CEB7 #7142CE #CE4259 #9FCE42

split-complementary

#42CEB7 #CE429F #CE7142

monochromatic

#1F7768 #2BA793 #42CEB7 #73DBCA #A3E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#42CEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEB7

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEB7	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.123 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddcc',
    500: '#42ceb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceb7;
$custom-light: #88ddcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEB7

secondary

#D498A2

accent

#465FE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEB7

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

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