#42CCC2#42CCC2

#42CCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC2
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 194)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 4.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -38.68, -5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 39.12, 188.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.1159 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.117 188)
XYZ	xyz(33.5727, 48.2352, 58.5694)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC2 #CC424C

analogous

#42CC7D #42CCC2 #4291CC

triadic

#42CCC2 #C242CC #CCC242

tetradic

#42CCC2 #7D42CC #CC424C #91CC42

square

#42CCC2 #7D42CC #CC424C #91CC42

split-complementary

#42CCC2 #CC4291 #CC7D42

monochromatic

#1F746E #2CA49C #42CCC2 #72D9D2 #A2E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#42CCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC2

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC2	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C1C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd4',
    500: '#42ccc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc2;
$custom-light: #89dcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76997,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.48239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC2

secondary

#D3979B

accent

#4752E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC2

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

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