#42CCB4#42CCB4

#42CCB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.122 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCB4
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 180)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 11.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -42.39, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 42.41, 178.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.1221 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.122 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0739, 47.6356, 50.6754)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCB4 #CC425A

analogous

#42CC6F #42CCB4 #429FCC

triadic

#42CCB4 #B442CC #CCB442

tetradic

#42CCB4 #6F42CC #CC425A #9FCC42

square

#42CCB4 #6F42CC #CC425A #9FCC42

split-complementary

#42CCB4 #CC429F #CC6F42

monochromatic

#1F7465 #2CA490 #42CCB4 #72D9C7 #A2E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#42CCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCB4

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCB4	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C0B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.122 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dcca',
    500: '#42ccb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccb4;
$custom-light: #88dcca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76564,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCB4

secondary

#D397A1

accent

#4762E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCB4

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

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