#42CCC6#42CCC6

#42CCC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC6
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 198)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -37.58, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 38.38, 191.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.1141 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.116 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0280, 48.4173, 60.9672)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC6 #CC4248

analogous

#42CC81 #42CCC6 #428DCC

triadic

#42CCC6 #C642CC #CCC642

tetradic

#42CCC6 #8142CC #CC4248 #8DCC42

square

#42CCC6 #8142CC #CC4248 #8DCC42

split-complementary

#42CCC6 #CC428D #CC8142

monochromatic

#1F7471 #2CA49F #42CCC6 #72D9D5 #A2E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#42CCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC6

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC6	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)

#C0C2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd7',
    500: '#42ccc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc6;
$custom-light: #89dcd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77128,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC6

secondary

#D3979A

accent

#474EE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC6

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

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