#42CDAC#42CDAC

#42CDAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.128 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDAC
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 172)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 16.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -44.84, 5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 45.20, 172.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.1268 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.128 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5208, 47.7959, 46.5860)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDAC #CD4263

analogous

#42CD66 #42CDAC #42A9CD

triadic

#42CDAC #AC42CD #CDAC42

tetradic

#42CDAC #6642CD #CD4263 #A9CD42

square

#42CDAC #6642CD #CD4263 #A9CD42

split-complementary

#42CDAC #CD42A9 #CD6642

monochromatic

#1F7661 #2CA689 #42CDAC #72DAC1 #A3E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CDAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#42CDAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDAC

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDAC	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.128 173.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.755,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7658,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDAC

secondary

#D397A6

accent

#466BE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDAC

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

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