#42CCC4#42CCC4

#42CCC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.117 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC4
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 196)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 3.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -38.13, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 38.74, 190.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.115 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.117 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7989, 48.3256, 59.7603)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC4 #CC424A

analogous

#42CC7F #42CCC4 #428FCC

triadic

#42CCC4 #C442CC #CCC442

tetradic

#42CCC4 #7F42CC #CC424A #8FCC42

square

#42CCC4 #7F42CC #CC424A #8FCC42

split-complementary

#42CCC4 #CC428F #CC7F42

monochromatic

#1F746F #2CA49D #42CCC4 #72D9D3 #A2E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CCC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#42CCC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC4

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC4	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.117 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd5',
    500: '#42ccc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc4;
$custom-light: #89dcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77063,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC4

secondary

#D3979B

accent

#4750E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC4

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

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