#42CCCE#42CCCE

#42CCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCCE
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -35.34, -11.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 37.25, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.1107 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.115 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9752, 48.7962, 65.9559)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCCE #CE4442

analogous

#42CE8A #42CCCE #4286CE

triadic

#42CCCE #CE42CC #CCCE42

tetradic

#42CCCE #8A42CE #CE4442 #86CE42

square

#42CCCE #8A42CE #CE4442 #86CE42

split-complementary

#42CCCE #CE4286 #CE8A42

monochromatic

#1F7677 #2BA6A7 #42CCCE #73D9DB #A3E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#42CCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCCE

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCCE	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ccce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcdc',
    500: '#42ccce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ccce;
$custom-light: #8adcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ccce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77399,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCCE

secondary

#D49998

accent

#4846E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCCE

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

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