#42CEBC#42CEBC

#42CEBC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEBC
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 8.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -41.19, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 41.23, 182.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.1205 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.121 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3909, 48.9279, 55.2514)
Luminance	0.4893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEBC #CE4254

analogous

#42CE76 #42CEBC #429ACE

triadic

#42CEBC #BC42CE #CEBC42

tetradic

#42CEBC #7642CE #CE4254 #9ACE42

square

#42CEBC #7642CE #CE4254 #9ACE42

split-complementary

#42CEBC #CE429A #CE7642

monochromatic

#1F776B #2BA797 #42CEBC #73DBCD #A3E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#42CEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEBC

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEBC	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd0',
    500: '#42cebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cebc;
$custom-light: #89ddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77295,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEBC

secondary

#D498A0

accent

#465AE2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEBC

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

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