#42CEC1#42CEC1

#42CEC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CEC1
RGBrgb(66, 206, 193)
HSLhsl(174, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(174, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 6.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.54, -39.86, -4.42)
CIE-LCHlch(75.54, 40.10, 186.33°)
OKLaboklab(77.45% -0.1183 -0.0126)
OKLCHoklch(77.45% 0.119 186.1)
XYZxyz(33.9392, 49.1472, 58.1394)
Luminance0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CEC1 #CE424F
analogous
#42CE7B #42CEC1 #4295CE
triadic
#42CEC1 #C142CE #CEC142
tetradic
#42CEC1 #7B42CE #CE424F #95CE42
square
#42CEC1 #7B42CE #CE424F #95CE42
split-complementary
#42CEC1 #CE4295 #CE7B42
monochromatic
#1F776F #2BA79C #42CEC1 #73DBD1 #A3E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#42CEC1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83
#42CEC1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEC1
10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CEC1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CEC11.001.9410.8310.83
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8321.001.001.00
##00000010.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3C3C1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFB4C2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 186.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd3',
    500: '#42cec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cec1;
$custom-light: #89ddd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77451,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CEC1
secondary
#D4989D
accent
#4654E2
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FBF9
border
#CBD4D2
text
#0D1514
muted
#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEC1

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#42CEC1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva