#42CECC#42CECC

#42CECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CECC
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -36.83, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 38.14, 195.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.1135 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.117 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2122, 49.6564, 64.8439)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CECC #CE4244

analogous

#42CE86 #42CECC #428ACE

triadic

#42CECC #CC42CE #CECC42

tetradic

#42CECC #8642CE #CE4244 #8ACE42

square

#42CECC #8642CE #CE4244 #8ACE42

split-complementary

#42CECC #CE428A #CE8642

monochromatic

#1F7776 #2BA7A6 #42CECC #73DBD9 #A3E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#42CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CECC

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CECC	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adddb',
    500: '#42cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cecc;
$custom-light: #8adddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77812,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CECC

secondary

#D49899

accent

#4648E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CECC

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

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