#42CCAC#42CCAC

#42CCAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.127 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCAC
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 15.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -44.41, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 44.72, 173.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.1258 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.127 174)
XYZ	xyz(31.2823, 47.3190, 46.5066)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCAC #CC4262

analogous

#42CC67 #42CCAC #42A7CC

triadic

#42CCAC #AC42CC #CCAC42

tetradic

#42CCAC #6742CC #CC4262 #A7CC42

square

#42CCAC #6742CC #CC4262 #A7CC42

split-complementary

#42CCAC #CC42A7 #CC6742

monochromatic

#1F7461 #2CA489 #42CCAC #72D9C1 #A2E6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#42CCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCAC

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCAC	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)

#C5BFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.127 174.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76333,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.47323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCAC

secondary

#D397A5

accent

#476BE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCAC

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

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