#42CECD#42CECD

#42CECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.117 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CECD
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -36.55, -10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 38.00, 195.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.1131 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.117 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3325, 49.7046, 65.4776)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CECD #CE4243

analogous

#42CE87 #42CECD #4289CE

triadic

#42CECD #CD42CE #CECD42

tetradic

#42CECD #8742CE #CE4243 #89CE42

square

#42CECD #8742CE #CE4243 #89CE42

split-complementary

#42CECD #CE4289 #CE8742

monochromatic

#1F7776 #2BA7A7 #42CECD #73DBDA #A3E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#42CECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CECD

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CECD	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.117 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adddc',
    500: '#42cecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cecd;
$custom-light: #8adddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77846,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CECD

secondary

#D49898

accent

#4647E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CECD

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

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