#42CDA3#42CDA3

#42CDA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.134 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDA3
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 163)
HSL	hsl(162, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 20.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -47.01, 10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 48.11, 167.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.131 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.134 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6855, 47.4618, 42.1871)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDA3 #CD426C

analogous

#42CD5E #42CDA3 #42B1CD

triadic

#42CDA3 #A342CD #CDA342

tetradic

#42CDA3 #5E42CD #CD426C #B1CD42

square

#42CDA3 #5E42CD #CD426C #B1CD42

split-complementary

#42CDA3 #CD42B1 #CD5E42

monochromatic

#1F765B #2CA681 #42CDA3 #72DABB #A3E7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CDA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#42CDA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDA3

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDA3	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)

#C8BFA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.134 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddbe',
    500: '#42cda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cda3;
$custom-light: #87ddbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.871,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76337,
    "c": 0.13356,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDA3

secondary

#D397AA

accent

#4675E1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDA3

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

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