#42CDAD#42CDAD

#42CDAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.127 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDAD
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -44.59, 5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 44.89, 173.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.1264 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.127 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.6172, 47.8345, 47.0937)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDAD #CD4262

analogous

#42CD67 #42CDAD #42A7CD

triadic

#42CDAD #AD42CD #CDAD42

tetradic

#42CDAD #6742CD #CD4262 #A7CD42

square

#42CDAD #6742CD #CD4262 #A7CD42

split-complementary

#42CDAD #CD42A7 #CD6742

monochromatic

#1F7662 #2CA68A #42CDAD #72DAC2 #A3E7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#42CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDAD

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDAD	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.127 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddc5',
    500: '#42cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdad;
$custom-light: #88ddc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.187,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76608,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDAD

secondary

#D397A5

accent

#466AE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDAD

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

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