#42CCBD#42CCBD

#42CCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.118 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCBD
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 189)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -40.03, -3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 40.17, 184.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.1181 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.118 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0206, 48.0143, 55.6617)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCBD #CC4251

analogous

#42CC78 #42CCBD #4296CC

triadic

#42CCBD #BD42CC #CCBD42

tetradic

#42CCBD #7842CC #CC4251 #96CC42

square

#42CCBD #7842CC #CC4251 #96CC42

split-complementary

#42CCBD #CC4296 #CC7842

monochromatic

#1F746B #2CA497 #42CCBD #72D9CE #A2E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#42CCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCBD

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCBD	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)

#C2C1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.118 184.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76838,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCBD

secondary

#D3979E

accent

#4758E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCBD

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

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