#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
RGBrgb(66, 204, 206)
HSLhsl(181, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(181, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.32, -35.34, -11.77)
CIE-LCHlch(75.32, 37.25, 198.42°)
OKLaboklab(77.4% -0.1107 -0.0327)
OKLCHoklch(77.4% 0.115 196.4)
XYZxyz(34.9752, 48.7962, 65.9559)
Luminance0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##42CCCE1.001.9510.7610.76
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7621.001.001.00
##00000010.7621.001.001.00

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

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#42CCCE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva