#42CDAB#42CDAB

#42CDAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.128 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDAB
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 16.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -45.09, 6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 45.51, 172.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.1273 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.128 173)
XYZ	xyz(31.4251, 47.7576, 46.0822)
Luminance	0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDAB #CD4264

analogous

#42CD65 #42CDAB #42A9CD

triadic

#42CDAB #AB42CD #CDAB42

tetradic

#42CDAB #6542CD #CD4264 #A9CD42

square

#42CDAB #6542CD #CD4264 #A9CD42

split-complementary

#42CDAB #CD42A9 #CD6542

monochromatic

#1F7660 #2CA688 #42CDAB #72DAC1 #A3E7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#42CDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDAB

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDAB	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.128 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddc4',
    500: '#42cdab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdab;
$custom-light: #88ddc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.324,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76552,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.47761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDAB

secondary

#D397A6

accent

#466CE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDAB

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

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