#42CD9D#42CD9D

#42CD9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD9D
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 157)
HSL	hsl(159, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -48.40, 13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 50.18, 164.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.1338 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.138 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1606, 47.2519, 39.4227)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD9D #CD4272

analogous

#42CD58 #42CD9D #42B7CD

triadic

#42CD9D #9D42CD #CD9D42

tetradic

#42CD9D #5842CD #CD4272 #B7CD42

square

#42CD9D #5842CD #CD4272 #B7CD42

split-complementary

#42CD9D #CD42B7 #CD5842

monochromatic

#1F7658 #2CA67C #42CD9D #72DAB6 #A3E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#42CD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD9D

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD9D	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddba',
    500: '#42cd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd9d;
$custom-light: #87ddba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.281,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76183,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD9D

secondary

#D397AC

accent

#467CE1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD9D

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

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