#42CCBF#42CCBF

#42CCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCBF
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 191)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 6.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -39.49, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 39.73, 186.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.1172 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.118 186)
XYZ	xyz(33.2392, 48.1018, 56.8129)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCBF #CC424F

analogous

#42CC7A #42CCBF #4294CC

triadic

#42CCBF #BF42CC #CCBF42

tetradic

#42CCBF #7A42CC #CC424F #94CC42

square

#42CCBF #7A42CC #CC424F #94CC42

split-complementary

#42CCBF #CC4294 #CC7A42

monochromatic

#1F746C #2CA499 #42CCBF #72D9CF #A2E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#42CCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCBF

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCBF	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd2',
    500: '#42ccbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccbf;
$custom-light: #89dcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76901,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.48106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCBF

secondary

#D3979D

accent

#4756E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCBF

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

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