#42CEC2#42CEC2

#42CEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.119 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEC2
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 194)
HSL	hsl(175, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 5.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -39.59, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 39.89, 187.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.1179 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.119 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0511, 49.1920, 58.7289)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEC2 #CE424E

analogous

#42CE7C #42CEC2 #4294CE

triadic

#42CEC2 #C242CE #CEC242

tetradic

#42CEC2 #7C42CE #CE424E #94CE42

square

#42CEC2 #7C42CE #CE424E #94CE42

split-complementary

#42CEC2 #CE4294 #CE7C42

monochromatic

#1F776F #2BA79D #42CEC2 #73DBD2 #A3E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#42CEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEC2

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEC2	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.119 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd4',
    500: '#42cec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cec2;
$custom-light: #89ddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77483,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEC2

secondary

#D4989D

accent

#4653E2

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEC2

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

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