#42CCC7#42CCC7

#42CCC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC7
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 199)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -37.31, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 38.22, 192.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.1137 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.116 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1437, 48.4636, 61.5767)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC7 #CC4247

analogous

#42CC82 #42CCC7 #428CCC

triadic

#42CCC7 #C742CC #CCC742

tetradic

#42CCC7 #8242CC #CC4247 #8CCC42

square

#42CCC7 #8242CC #CC4247 #8CCC42

split-complementary

#42CCC7 #CC428C #CC8242

monochromatic

#1F7471 #2CA4A0 #42CCC7 #72D9D5 #A2E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CCC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#42CCC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC7

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC7	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd7',
    500: '#42ccc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc7;
$custom-light: #89dcd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77161,
    "c": 0.11601,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC7

secondary

#D39799

accent

#474DE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC7

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

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