#42CBCC#42CBCC

#42CBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.115 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CBCC
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -35.44, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 37.18, 197.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.1105 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.115 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4969, 48.2258, 64.6055)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CBCC #CC4342

analogous

#42CC88 #42CBCC #4286CC

triadic

#42CBCC #CC42CB #CBCC42

tetradic

#42CBCC #8842CC #CC4342 #86CC42

square

#42CBCC #8842CC #CC4342 #86CC42

split-complementary

#42CBCC #CC4286 #CC8842

monochromatic

#1F7474 #2CA4A4 #42CBCC #72D8D9 #A2E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#42CBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CBCC

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CBCC	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.115 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dbdb',
    500: '#42cbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cbcc;
$custom-light: #89dbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7709,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CBCC

secondary

#D39897

accent

#4847E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CBCC

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

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