#42CCB8#42CCB8

#42CCB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.120 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCB8
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 184)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 9.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -41.35, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 41.36, 181.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.1203 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.12 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4872, 47.8010, 52.8525)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCB8 #CC4256

analogous

#42CC73 #42CCB8 #429BCC

triadic

#42CCB8 #B842CC #CCB842

tetradic

#42CCB8 #7342CC #CC4256 #9BCC42

square

#42CCB8 #7342CC #CC4256 #9BCC42

split-complementary

#42CCB8 #CC429B #CC7342

monochromatic

#1F7468 #2CA493 #42CCB8 #72D9CA #A2E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#42CCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCB8

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCB8	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.120 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dccd',
    500: '#42ccb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccb8;
$custom-light: #88dccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.304,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76684,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCB8

secondary

#D397A0

accent

#475DE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCB8

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

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