#42CCC1#42CCC1

#42CCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC1
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 193)
HSL	hsl(175, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -38.95, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 39.31, 187.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.1163 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.117 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4608, 48.1904, 57.9799)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC1 #CC424D

analogous

#42CC7C #42CCC1 #4292CC

triadic

#42CCC1 #C142CC #CCC142

tetradic

#42CCC1 #7C42CC #CC424D #92CC42

square

#42CCC1 #7C42CC #CC424D #92CC42

split-complementary

#42CCC1 #CC4292 #CC7C42

monochromatic

#1F746D #2CA49B #42CCC1 #72D9D1 #A2E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#42CCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC1

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC1	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd3',
    500: '#42ccc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc1;
$custom-light: #89dcd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76965,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC1

secondary

#D3979C

accent

#4753E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC1

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

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