#42CCB3#42CCB3

#42CCB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.123 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCB3
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 179)
HSL	hsl(169, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 12.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -42.65, 1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 42.68, 177.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.1226 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.123 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9724, 47.5950, 50.1408)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCB3 #CC425B

analogous

#42CC6E #42CCB3 #42A0CC

triadic

#42CCB3 #B342CC #CCB342

tetradic

#42CCB3 #6E42CC #CC425B #A0CC42

square

#42CCB3 #6E42CC #CC425B #A0CC42

split-complementary

#42CCB3 #CC42A0 #CC6E42

monochromatic

#1F7465 #2CA48F #42CCB3 #72D9C6 #A2E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#42CCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCB3

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCB3	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.123 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dcc9',
    500: '#42ccb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccb3;
$custom-light: #88dcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76534,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCB3

secondary

#D397A2

accent

#4763E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCB3

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

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