#42CEC5#42CEC5

#42CEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.118 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEC5
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -38.77, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 39.30, 189.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.1166 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.118 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3915, 49.3281, 60.5213)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEC5 #CE424B

analogous

#42CE7F #42CEC5 #4291CE

triadic

#42CEC5 #C542CE #CEC542

tetradic

#42CEC5 #7F42CE #CE424B #91CE42

square

#42CEC5 #7F42CE #CE424B #91CE42

split-complementary

#42CEC5 #CE4291 #CE7F42

monochromatic

#1F7771 #2BA79F #42CEC5 #73DBD4 #A3E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#42CEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEC5

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEC5	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.118 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd6',
    500: '#42cec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cec5;
$custom-light: #89ddd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7758,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEC5

secondary

#D4989C

accent

#4650E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEC5

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

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