#42CEC7#42CEC7

#42CEC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.118 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEC7
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 199)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -38.22, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 38.93, 190.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.1157 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.118 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6221, 49.4204, 61.7362)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEC7 #CE4249

analogous

#42CE81 #42CEC7 #428FCE

triadic

#42CEC7 #C742CE #CEC742

tetradic

#42CEC7 #8142CE #CE4249 #8FCE42

square

#42CEC7 #8142CE #CE4249 #8FCE42

split-complementary

#42CEC7 #CE428F #CE8142

monochromatic

#1F7772 #2BA7A1 #42CEC7 #73DBD5 #A3E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#42CEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEC7

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEC7	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)

#C2C3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.118 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd7',
    500: '#42cec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cec7;
$custom-light: #89ddd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77645,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEC7

secondary

#D4989B

accent

#464EE2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEC7

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

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