#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
RGBrgb(66, 204, 182)
HSLhsl(170, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(170, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 0%, 10.8%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(74.65, -41.87, 0.20)
CIE-LCHlch(74.65, 41.87, 179.72°)
OKLaboklab(76.62% -0.1212 -0.0002)
OKLCHoklch(76.62% 0.121 180.1)
XYZxyz(32.2791, 47.7177, 51.7562)
Luminance0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42CCB61.001.9910.5410.54
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5421.001.001.00
##00000010.5421.001.001.00

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

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#42CCB6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva