#42CCB6#42CCB6

#42CCB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.121 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCB6
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 182)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -41.87, 0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 41.87, 179.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1212 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.121 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2791, 47.7177, 51.7562)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCB6 #CC4258

analogous

#42CC71 #42CCB6 #429DCC

triadic

#42CCB6 #B642CC #CCB642

tetradic

#42CCB6 #7142CC #CC4258 #9DCC42

square

#42CCB6 #7142CC #CC4258 #9DCC42

split-complementary

#42CCB6 #CC429D #CC7142

monochromatic

#1F7467 #2CA491 #42CCB6 #72D9C9 #A2E6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#42CCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCB6

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCB6	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.121 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dccb',
    500: '#42ccb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccb6;
$custom-light: #88dccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76623,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCB6

secondary

#D397A1

accent

#4760E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCB6

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

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