#42CEBE#42CEBE

#42CEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.120 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEBE
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 190)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -40.66, -2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 40.76, 184.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.1197 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.12 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6080, 49.0147, 56.3948)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEBE #CE4252

analogous

#42CE78 #42CEBE #4298CE

triadic

#42CEBE #BE42CE #CEBE42

tetradic

#42CEBE #7842CE #CE4252 #98CE42

square

#42CEBE #7842CE #CE4252 #98CE42

split-complementary

#42CEBE #CE4298 #CE7842

monochromatic

#1F776D #2BA799 #42CEBE #73DBCF #A3E7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#42CEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEBE

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEBE	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	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)

#C4C3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.120 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd1',
    500: '#42cebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cebe;
$custom-light: #89ddd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77357,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEBE

secondary

#D4989F

accent

#4658E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEBE

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

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