#42CDA8#42CDA8

#42CDA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.130 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDA8
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 168)
HSL	hsl(164, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 18%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -45.82, 7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 46.46, 170.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.1287 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.13 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1424, 47.6445, 44.5932)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDA8 #CD4267

analogous

#42CD62 #42CDA8 #42ACCD

triadic

#42CDA8 #A842CD #CDA842

tetradic

#42CDA8 #6242CD #CD4267 #ACCD42

square

#42CDA8 #6242CD #CD4267 #ACCD42

split-complementary

#42CDA8 #CD42AC #CD6242

monochromatic

#1F765F #2CA685 #42CDA8 #72DABE #A3E7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#42CDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDA8

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDA8	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.130 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddc1',
    500: '#42cda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cda8;
$custom-light: #87ddc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.029,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7647,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDA8

secondary

#D397A7

accent

#4670E1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDA8

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

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