#42CCC0#42CCC0

#42CCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC0
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 192)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -39.22, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 39.52, 186.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.1168 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.118 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3496, 48.1459, 57.3944)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC0 #CC424E

analogous

#42CC7B #42CCC0 #4293CC

triadic

#42CCC0 #C042CC #CCC042

tetradic

#42CCC0 #7B42CC #CC424E #93CC42

square

#42CCC0 #7B42CC #CC424E #93CC42

split-complementary

#42CCC0 #CC4293 #CC7B42

monochromatic

#1F746D #2CA49A #42CCC0 #72D9D0 #A2E6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#42CCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC0

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC0	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd3',
    500: '#42ccc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc0;
$custom-light: #89dcd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76933,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC0

secondary

#D3979C

accent

#4754E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC0

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

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