#42CCBC#42CCBC

#42CCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCBC
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 7.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -40.30, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 40.40, 183.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.1185 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.119 184)
XYZ	xyz(32.9125, 47.9711, 55.0920)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCBC #CC4252

analogous

#42CC77 #42CCBC #4297CC

triadic

#42CCBC #BC42CC #CCBC42

tetradic

#42CCBC #7742CC #CC4252 #97CC42

square

#42CCBC #7742CC #CC4252 #97CC42

split-complementary

#42CCBC #CC4297 #CC7742

monochromatic

#1F746A #2CA497 #42CCBC #72D9CD #A2E6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#42CCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCBC

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCBC	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dcd0',
    500: '#42ccbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccbc;
$custom-light: #88dcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76807,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.47975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCBC

secondary

#D3979E

accent

#4759E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCBC

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

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