#42CCB2#42CCB2

#42CCB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.123 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCB2
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 178)
HSL	hsl(169, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 12.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -42.90, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 42.96, 177.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.1231 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.123 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8716, 47.5547, 49.6101)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCB2 #CC425C

analogous

#42CC6D #42CCB2 #42A1CC

triadic

#42CCB2 #B242CC #CCB242

tetradic

#42CCB2 #6D42CC #CC425C #A1CC42

square

#42CCB2 #6D42CC #CC425C #A1CC42

split-complementary

#42CCB2 #CC42A1 #CC6D42

monochromatic

#1F7464 #2CA48E #42CCB2 #72D9C6 #A2E6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#42CCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCB2

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCB2	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.123 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dcc9',
    500: '#42ccb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccb2;
$custom-light: #88dcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76505,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCB2

secondary

#D397A2

accent

#4764E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCB2

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

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