#42CEB8#42CEB8

#42CEB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEB8
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 184)
HSL	hsl(171, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 10.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -42.24, 0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 42.24, 179.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.1224 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.122 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9656, 48.7578, 53.0119)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEB8 #CE4258

analogous

#42CE72 #42CEB8 #429ECE

triadic

#42CEB8 #B842CE #CEB842

tetradic

#42CEB8 #7242CE #CE4258 #9ECE42

square

#42CEB8 #7242CE #CE4258 #9ECE42

split-complementary

#42CEB8 #CE429E #CE7242

monochromatic

#1F7769 #2BA794 #42CEB8 #73DBCA #A3E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#42CEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEB8

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEB8	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddcd',
    500: '#42ceb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceb8;
$custom-light: #88ddcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77174,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEB8

secondary

#D498A1

accent

#465EE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEB8

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

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