#42CCC8#42CCC8

#42CCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC8
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -37.03, -8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 38.06, 193.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.1132 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.116 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2602, 48.5102, 62.1902)
Luminance	0.4851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC8 #CC4246

analogous

#42CC83 #42CCC8 #428BCC

triadic

#42CCC8 #C842CC #CCC842

tetradic

#42CCC8 #8342CC #CC4246 #8BCC42

square

#42CCC8 #8342CC #CC4246 #8BCC42

split-complementary

#42CCC8 #CC428B #CC8342

monochromatic

#1F7472 #2CA4A1 #42CCC8 #72D9D6 #A2E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#42CCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC8

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC8	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd8',
    500: '#42ccc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc8;
$custom-light: #89dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77195,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC8

secondary

#D39799

accent

#474CE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC8

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

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