#42CEB9#42CEB9

#42CEB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.122 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEB9
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 185)
HSL	hsl(171, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 10.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -41.98, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 41.98, 180.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.1219 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.122 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0708, 48.7999, 53.5659)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEB9 #CE4257

analogous

#42CE73 #42CEB9 #429DCE

triadic

#42CEB9 #B942CE #CEB942

tetradic

#42CEB9 #7342CE #CE4257 #9DCE42

square

#42CEB9 #7342CE #CE4257 #9DCE42

split-complementary

#42CEB9 #CE429D #CE7342

monochromatic

#1F776A #2BA795 #42CEB9 #73DBCB #A3E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#42CEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEB9

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEB9	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.122 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddce',
    500: '#42ceb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceb9;
$custom-light: #88ddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77204,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEB9

secondary

#D498A1

accent

#465DE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEB9

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

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