#42CECE#42CECE

#42CECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CECE
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -36.27, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 37.87, 196.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.1126 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.117 195)
XYZ	xyz(35.4536, 49.7530, 66.1153)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CECE #CE4242

analogous

#42CE88 #42CECE #4288CE

triadic

#42CECE #CE42CE #CECE42

tetradic

#42CECE #8842CE #CE4242 #88CE42

square

#42CECE #8842CE #CE4242 #88CE42

split-complementary

#42CECE #CE4288 #CE8842

monochromatic

#1F7777 #2BA7A7 #42CECE #73DBDB #A3E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#42CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CECE

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CECE	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 195.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7788,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.49757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CECE

secondary

#D49898

accent

#4646E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CECE

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

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