#42CCB0#42CCB0

#42CCB0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.124 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCB0
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 176)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 13.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -43.41, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 43.53, 175.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.124 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.124 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6723, 47.4750, 48.5603)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCB0 #CC425E

analogous

#42CC6B #42CCB0 #42A3CC

triadic

#42CCB0 #B042CC #CCB042

tetradic

#42CCB0 #6B42CC #CC425E #A3CC42

square

#42CCB0 #6B42CC #CC425E #A3CC42

split-complementary

#42CCB0 #CC42A3 #CC6B42

monochromatic

#1F7463 #2CA48C #42CCB0 #72D9C4 #A2E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#42CCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCB0

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCB0	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.124 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dcc7',
    500: '#42ccb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccb0;
$custom-light: #88dcc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76447,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCB0

secondary

#D397A3

accent

#4766E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCB0

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

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