#42CCC9#42CCC9

#42CCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCC9
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 1.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -36.75, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 37.91, 194.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.1128 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.116 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3775, 48.5571, 62.8077)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCC9 #CC4245

analogous

#42CC84 #42CCC9 #428ACC

triadic

#42CCC9 #C942CC #CCC942

tetradic

#42CCC9 #8442CC #CC4245 #8ACC42

square

#42CCC9 #8442CC #CC4245 #8ACC42

split-complementary

#42CCC9 #CC428A #CC8442

monochromatic

#1F7472 #2CA4A2 #42CCC9 #72D9D7 #A2E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#42CCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCC9

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCC9	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dcd9',
    500: '#42ccc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccc9;
$custom-light: #89dcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77228,
    "c": 0.11573,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCC9

secondary

#D39798

accent

#474AE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCC9

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

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