#42CEC4#42CEC4

#42CEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.118 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEC4
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 4.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -39.04, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 39.49, 188.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.117 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.118 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2773, 49.2825, 59.9198)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEC4 #CE424C

analogous

#42CE7E #42CEC4 #4292CE

triadic

#42CEC4 #C442CE #CEC442

tetradic

#42CEC4 #7E42CE #CE424C #92CE42

square

#42CEC4 #7E42CE #CE424C #92CE42

split-complementary

#42CEC4 #CE4292 #CE7E42

monochromatic

#1F7771 #2BA79F #42CEC4 #73DBD3 #A3E7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#42CEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEC4

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEC4	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.118 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd5',
    500: '#42cec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cec4;
$custom-light: #89ddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77547,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEC4

secondary

#D4989C

accent

#4651E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEC4

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

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