#42CDA4#42CDA4

#42CDA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.133 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDA4
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 164)
HSL	hsl(162, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 20%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -46.78, 9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 47.77, 168.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% -0.1305 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.133 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7755, 47.4978, 42.6608)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDA4 #CD426B

analogous

#42CD5E #42CDA4 #42B0CD

triadic

#42CDA4 #A442CD #CDA442

tetradic

#42CDA4 #5E42CD #CD426B #B0CD42

square

#42CDA4 #5E42CD #CD426B #B0CD42

split-complementary

#42CDA4 #CD42B0 #CD5E42

monochromatic

#1F765C #2CA682 #42CDA4 #72DABB #A3E7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#42CDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDA4

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDA4	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BFA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.133 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddbf',
    500: '#42cda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cda4;
$custom-light: #87ddbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.302,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76363,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDA4

secondary

#D397A9

accent

#4674E1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDA4

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

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