#42CCC3#42CCC3

#42CCC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC3
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 195)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 4.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -38.41, -6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 38.92, 189.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.1154 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.117 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6854, 48.2803, 59.1629)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC3 #CC424B

analogous

#42CC7E #42CCC3 #4290CC

triadic

#42CCC3 #C342CC #CCC342

tetradic

#42CCC3 #7E42CC #CC424B #90CC42

square

#42CCC3 #7E42CC #CC424B #90CC42

split-complementary

#42CCC3 #CC4290 #CC7E42

monochromatic

#1F746F #2CA49D #42CCC3 #72D9D2 #A2E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CCC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#42CCC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC3

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC3	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd5',
    500: '#42ccc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc3;
$custom-light: #89dcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7703,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC3

secondary

#D3979B

accent

#4751E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC3

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

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