#42CEC6#42CEC6

#42CEC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.118 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEC6
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 198)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -38.50, -6.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 39.11, 190.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.1161 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.118 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5064, 49.3741, 61.1267)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEC6 #CE424A

analogous

#42CE80 #42CEC6 #4290CE

triadic

#42CEC6 #C642CE #CEC642

tetradic

#42CEC6 #8042CE #CE424A #90CE42

square

#42CEC6 #8042CE #CE424A #90CE42

split-complementary

#42CEC6 #CE4290 #CE8042

monochromatic

#1F7772 #2BA7A0 #42CEC6 #73DBD5 #A3E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#42CEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEC6

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEC6	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.118 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd7',
    500: '#42cec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cec6;
$custom-light: #89ddd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77612,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEC6

secondary

#D4989B

accent

#464FE2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEC6

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

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