#42CCAA#42CCAA

#42CCAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.128 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCAA
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 16.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -44.90, 6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 45.34, 172.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.1267 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.128 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0917, 47.2428, 45.5026)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCAA #CC4264

analogous

#42CC65 #42CCAA #42A9CC

triadic

#42CCAA #AA42CC #CCAA42

tetradic

#42CCAA #6542CC #CC4264 #A9CC42

square

#42CCAA #6542CC #CC4264 #A9CC42

split-complementary

#42CCAA #CC42A9 #CC6542

monochromatic

#1F745F #2CA487 #42CCAA #72D9C0 #A2E6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#42CCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCAA

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCAA	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.128 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcc3',
    500: '#42ccaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccaa;
$custom-light: #87dcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76277,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCAA

secondary

#D397A6

accent

#476DE1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCAA

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

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