#42CDAA#42CDAA

#42CDAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.129 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDAA
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 17.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -45.33, 6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 45.82, 171.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.1277 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.129 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3301, 47.7196, 45.5821)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDAA #CD4265

analogous

#42CD64 #42CDAA #42AACD

triadic

#42CDAA #AA42CD #CDAA42

tetradic

#42CDAA #6442CD #CD4265 #AACD42

square

#42CDAA #6442CD #CD4265 #AACD42

split-complementary

#42CDAA #CD42AA #CD6442

monochromatic

#1F7660 #2CA687 #42CDAA #72DAC0 #A3E7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#42CDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDAA

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDAA	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.129 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddc3',
    500: '#42cdaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdaa;
$custom-light: #88ddc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.892,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76525,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDAA

secondary

#D397A7

accent

#466DE1

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDAA

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

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