#42CEC8#42CEC8

#42CEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.117 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEC8
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -37.95, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 38.76, 191.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.1152 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.117 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7386, 49.4670, 62.3496)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEC8 #CE4248

analogous

#42CE82 #42CEC8 #428ECE

triadic

#42CEC8 #C842CE #CEC842

tetradic

#42CEC8 #8242CE #CE4248 #8ECE42

square

#42CEC8 #8242CE #CE4248 #8ECE42

split-complementary

#42CEC8 #CE428E #CE8242

monochromatic

#1F7773 #2BA7A2 #42CEC8 #73DBD6 #A3E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#42CEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEC8

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEC8	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.117 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addd8',
    500: '#42cec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cec8;
$custom-light: #8addd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77678,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEC8

secondary

#D4989A

accent

#464CE2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEC8

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

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