#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
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 193)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 6.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -39.86, -4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 40.10, 186.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.1183 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.119 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9392, 49.1472, 58.1394)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42CEC1	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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