#42CCC5#42CCC5

#42CCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC5
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 197)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -37.86, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 38.56, 190.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.1145 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.116 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9131, 48.3713, 60.3618)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC5 #CC4249

analogous

#42CC80 #42CCC5 #428ECC

triadic

#42CCC5 #C542CC #CCC542

tetradic

#42CCC5 #8042CC #CC4249 #8ECC42

square

#42CCC5 #8042CC #CC4249 #8ECC42

split-complementary

#42CCC5 #CC428E #CC8042

monochromatic

#1F7470 #2CA49E #42CCC5 #72D9D4 #A2E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#42CCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC5

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC5	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd6',
    500: '#42ccc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc5;
$custom-light: #89dcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77095,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC5

secondary

#D3979A

accent

#474FE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC5

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

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