#42CEBD#42CEBD

#42CEBD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.120 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEBD
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 189)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -40.93, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 41.00, 183.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.1201 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.12 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4990, 48.9712, 55.8211)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEBD #CE4253

analogous

#42CE77 #42CEBD #4299CE

triadic

#42CEBD #BD42CE #CEBD42

tetradic

#42CEBD #7742CE #CE4253 #99CE42

square

#42CEBD #7742CE #CE4253 #99CE42

split-complementary

#42CEBD #CE4299 #CE7742

monochromatic

#1F776C #2BA798 #42CEBD #73DBCE #A3E7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#42CEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEBD

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEBD	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.120 183.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77326,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEBD

secondary

#D4989F

accent

#4659E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEBD

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

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