#42CEBA#42CEBA

#42CEBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.121 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEBA
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 186)
HSL	hsl(171, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 9.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -41.72, -0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 41.73, 181.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.1214 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.121 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1768, 48.8423, 54.1239)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEBA #CE4256

analogous

#42CE74 #42CEBA #429CCE

triadic

#42CEBA #BA42CE #CEBA42

tetradic

#42CEBA #7442CE #CE4256 #9CCE42

square

#42CEBA #7442CE #CE4256 #9CCE42

split-complementary

#42CEBA #CE429C #CE7442

monochromatic

#1F776A #2BA796 #42CEBA #73DBCC #A3E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#42CEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEBA

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEBA	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.121 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddce',
    500: '#42ceba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceba;
$custom-light: #89ddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77234,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEBA

secondary

#D498A0

accent

#465CE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEBA

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

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