#42CDA5#42CDA5

#42CDA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.132 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDA5
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 165)
HSL	hsl(163, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 19.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -46.54, 9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 47.44, 168.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1301 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.132 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8661, 47.5340, 43.1383)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDA5 #CD426A

analogous

#42CD5F #42CDA5 #42AFCD

triadic

#42CDA5 #A542CD #CDA542

tetradic

#42CDA5 #5F42CD #CD426A #AFCD42

square

#42CDA5 #5F42CD #CD426A #AFCD42

split-complementary

#42CDA5 #CD42AF #CD5F42

monochromatic

#1F765D #2CA683 #42CDA5 #72DABC #A3E7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#42CDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDA5

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDA5	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BFA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.132 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddbf',
    500: '#42cda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cda5;
$custom-light: #87ddbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.734,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7639,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDA5

secondary

#D397A9

accent

#4673E1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDA5

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

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