#42CEBF#42CEBF

#42CEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.120 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEBF
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 191)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -40.39, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 40.54, 184.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.1192 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.12 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7176, 49.0586, 56.9724)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEBF #CE4251

analogous

#42CE79 #42CEBF #4297CE

triadic

#42CEBF #BF42CE #CEBF42

tetradic

#42CEBF #7942CE #CE4251 #97CE42

square

#42CEBF #7942CE #CE4251 #97CE42

split-complementary

#42CEBF #CE4297 #CE7942

monochromatic

#1F776D #2BA79A #42CEBF #73DBCF #A3E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#42CEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEBF

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEBF	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.120 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd2',
    500: '#42cebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cebf;
$custom-light: #89ddd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77388,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEBF

secondary

#D4989E

accent

#4657E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEBF

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

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