#42CECB#42CECB

#42CECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CECB
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 203)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -37.11, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 38.28, 194.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.1139 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.117 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0927, 49.6086, 64.2143)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CECB #CE4245

analogous

#42CE85 #42CECB #428BCE

triadic

#42CECB #CB42CE #CECB42

tetradic

#42CECB #8542CE #CE4245 #8BCE42

square

#42CECB #8542CE #CE4245 #8BCE42

split-complementary

#42CECB #CE428B #CE8542

monochromatic

#1F7775 #2BA7A5 #42CECB #73DBD8 #A3E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#42CECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CECB

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CECB	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 192.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77778,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CECB

secondary

#D49899

accent

#4649E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CECB

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

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