#42CCAB#42CCAB

#42CCAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCAB
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 16.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -44.66, 5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 45.03, 172.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1263 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.127 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1866, 47.2807, 46.0027)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCAB #CC4263

analogous

#42CC66 #42CCAB #42A8CC

triadic

#42CCAB #AB42CC #CCAB42

tetradic

#42CCAB #6642CC #CC4263 #A8CC42

square

#42CCAB #6642CC #CC4263 #A8CC42

split-complementary

#42CCAB #CC42A8 #CC6642

monochromatic

#1F7460 #2CA488 #42CCAB #72D9C0 #A2E6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#42CCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCAB

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCAB	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcc4',
    500: '#42ccab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccab;
$custom-light: #87dcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76305,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCAB

secondary

#D397A5

accent

#476CE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCAB

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

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