#42CCB9#42CCB9

#42CCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.120 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCB9
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 9.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -41.09, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 41.11, 181.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.1199 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.12 182)
XYZ	xyz(32.5924, 47.8431, 53.4065)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCB9 #CC4255

analogous

#42CC74 #42CCB9 #429ACC

triadic

#42CCB9 #B942CC #CCB942

tetradic

#42CCB9 #7442CC #CC4255 #9ACC42

square

#42CCB9 #7442CC #CC4255 #9ACC42

split-complementary

#42CCB9 #CC429A #CC7442

monochromatic

#1F7469 #2CA494 #42CCB9 #72D9CB #A2E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#42CCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCB9

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCB9	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.120 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dcce',
    500: '#42ccb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccb9;
$custom-light: #88dcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76714,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.47847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCB9

secondary

#D3979F

accent

#475CE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCB9

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

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