#42CCAD#42CCAD

#42CCAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.126 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCAD
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 173)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 15.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -44.16, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 44.42, 173.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.1253 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.126 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3787, 47.3576, 47.0143)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCAD #CC4261

analogous

#42CC68 #42CCAD #42A6CC

triadic

#42CCAD #AD42CC #CCAD42

tetradic

#42CCAD #6842CC #CC4261 #A6CC42

square

#42CCAD #6842CC #CC4261 #A6CC42

split-complementary

#42CCAD #CC42A6 #CC6842

monochromatic

#1F7461 #2CA489 #42CCAD #72D9C2 #A2E6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#42CCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCAD

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCAD	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.126 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcc5',
    500: '#42ccad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccad;
$custom-light: #87dcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76361,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCAD

secondary

#D397A4

accent

#476AE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCAD

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

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