#42CCBE#42CCBE

#42CCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCBE
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 6.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -39.76, -3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 39.95, 185.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.1176 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.118 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1295, 48.0579, 56.2353)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCBE #CC4250

analogous

#42CC79 #42CCBE #4295CC

triadic

#42CCBE #BE42CC #CCBE42

tetradic

#42CCBE #7942CC #CC4250 #95CC42

square

#42CCBE #7942CC #CC4250 #95CC42

split-complementary

#42CCBE #CC4295 #CC7942

monochromatic

#1F746C #2CA498 #42CCBE #72D9CF #A2E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#42CCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCBE

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCBE	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd1',
    500: '#42ccbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccbe;
$custom-light: #89dcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7687,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCBE

secondary

#D3979D

accent

#4757E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCBE

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

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