#42CDA2#42CDA2

#42CDA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.134 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDA2
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 162)
HSL	hsl(161, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(161, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 21%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -47.25, 10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 48.45, 167.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1315 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.134 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5963, 47.4261, 41.7171)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDA2 #CD426D

analogous

#42CD5C #42CDA2 #42B2CD

triadic

#42CDA2 #A242CD #CDA242

tetradic

#42CDA2 #5C42CD #CD426D #B2CD42

square

#42CDA2 #5C42CD #CD426D #B2CD42

split-complementary

#42CDA2 #CD42B2 #CD5C42

monochromatic

#1F765B #2CA680 #42CDA2 #72DABA #A3E7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#42CDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDA2

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDA2	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BFA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.134 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddbd',
    500: '#42cda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cda2;
$custom-light: #87ddbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.439,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76311,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDA2

secondary

#D397AA

accent

#4676E1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDA2

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

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