#42CCAF#42CCAF

#42CCAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.125 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCAF
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 175)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 14.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -43.66, 3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 43.82, 175.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.1244 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.125 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5737, 47.4356, 48.0411)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCAF #CC425F

analogous

#42CC6A #42CCAF #42A4CC

triadic

#42CCAF #AF42CC #CCAF42

tetradic

#42CCAF #6A42CC #CC425F #A4CC42

square

#42CCAF #6A42CC #CC425F #A4CC42

split-complementary

#42CCAF #CC42A4 #CC6A42

monochromatic

#1F7462 #2CA48B #42CCAF #72D9C3 #A2E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#42CCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCAF

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCAF	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.125 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dcc6',
    500: '#42ccaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccaf;
$custom-light: #88dcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76418,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCAF

secondary

#D397A4

accent

#4767E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCAF

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

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