#42CEC3#42CEC3

#42CEC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.118 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEC3
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 195)
HSL	hsl(175, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 5.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -39.32, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 39.69, 187.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.1174 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.118 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1638, 49.2371, 59.3224)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEC3 #CE424D

analogous

#42CE7D #42CEC3 #4293CE

triadic

#42CEC3 #C342CE #CEC342

tetradic

#42CEC3 #7D42CE #CE424D #93CE42

square

#42CEC3 #7D42CE #CE424D #93CE42

split-complementary

#42CEC3 #CE4293 #CE7D42

monochromatic

#1F7770 #2BA79E #42CEC3 #73DBD2 #A3E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#42CEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEC3

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEC3	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.118 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd5',
    500: '#42cec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cec3;
$custom-light: #89ddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77515,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEC3

secondary

#D4989D

accent

#4652E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEC3

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

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