#42CEBB#42CEBB

#42CEBB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEBB
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 187)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 9.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -41.45, -1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 41.48, 181.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.121 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.121 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2834, 48.8849, 54.6857)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEBB #CE4255

analogous

#42CE75 #42CEBB #429BCE

triadic

#42CEBB #BB42CE #CEBB42

tetradic

#42CEBB #7542CE #CE4255 #9BCE42

square

#42CEBB #7542CE #CE4255 #9BCE42

split-complementary

#42CEBB #CE429B #CE7542

monochromatic

#1F776B #2BA797 #42CEBB #73DBCC #A3E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#42CEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEBB

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEBB	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddcf',
    500: '#42cebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cebb;
$custom-light: #89ddcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77265,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEBB

secondary

#D498A0

accent

#465BE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEBB

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

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