#42CEC0#42CEC0

#42CEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.119 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEC0
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 192)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 6.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -40.13, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 40.32, 185.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.1188 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.119 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8280, 49.1028, 57.5539)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEC0 #CE4250

analogous

#42CE7A #42CEC0 #4296CE

triadic

#42CEC0 #C042CE #CEC042

tetradic

#42CEC0 #7A42CE #CE4250 #96CE42

square

#42CEC0 #7A42CE #CE4250 #96CE42

split-complementary

#42CEC0 #CE4296 #CE7A42

monochromatic

#1F776E #2BA79B #42CEC0 #73DBD0 #A3E7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#42CEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEC0

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEC0	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.119 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd3',
    500: '#42cec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cec0;
$custom-light: #89ddd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7742,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEC0

secondary

#D4989E

accent

#4655E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEC0

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

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