#42CCBA#42CCBA

#42CCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.120 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCBA
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 8.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -40.83, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 40.87, 182.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.1194 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.12 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6984, 47.8854, 53.9644)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCBA #CC4254

analogous

#42CC75 #42CCBA #4299CC

triadic

#42CCBA #BA42CC #CCBA42

tetradic

#42CCBA #7542CC #CC4254 #99CC42

square

#42CCBA #7542CC #CC4254 #99CC42

split-complementary

#42CCBA #CC4299 #CC7542

monochromatic

#1F7469 #2CA495 #42CCBA #72D9CC #A2E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#42CCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCBA

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCBA	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.120 182.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76745,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCBA

secondary

#D3979F

accent

#475BE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCBA

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

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