#42CECA#42CECA

#42CECA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.117 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CECA
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 202)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 1.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -37.39, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 38.44, 193.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.1144 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.117 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9739, 49.5611, 63.5887)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CECA #CE4246

analogous

#42CE84 #42CECA #428CCE

triadic

#42CECA #CA42CE #CECA42

tetradic

#42CECA #8442CE #CE4246 #8CCE42

square

#42CECA #8442CE #CE4246 #8CCE42

split-complementary

#42CECA #CE428C #CE8442

monochromatic

#1F7774 #2BA7A4 #42CECA #73DBD8 #A3E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#42CECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CECA

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CECA	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.117 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addda',
    500: '#42ceca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceca;
$custom-light: #8addda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77745,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CECA

secondary

#D4989A

accent

#464AE2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CECA

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

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