#42CCCF#42CCCF

#42CCCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.115 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CCCF
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -35.06, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 37.14, 199.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.1102 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.115 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0971, 48.8449, 66.5977)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CCCF #CF4542

analogous

#42CF8B #42CCCF #4285CF

triadic

#42CCCF #CF42CC #CCCF42

tetradic

#42CCCF #8B42CF #CF4542 #85CF42

square

#42CCCF #8B42CF #CF4542 #85CF42

split-complementary

#42CCCF #CF4285 #CF8B42

monochromatic

#1F7678 #2BA6A9 #42CCCF #73D9DB #A4E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CCCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#42CCCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CCCF

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CCCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CCCF	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.115 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adcdd',
    500: '#42cccf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cccf;
$custom-light: #8adcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77434,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CCCF

secondary

#D59998

accent

#4845E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CCCF

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

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