#42CDAF#42CDAF

#42CDAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDAF
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 175)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 14.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -44.10, 4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 44.29, 174.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.1254 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.126 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8121, 47.9124, 48.1206)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDAF #CD4260

analogous

#42CD69 #42CDAF #42A6CD

triadic

#42CDAF #AF42CD #CDAF42

tetradic

#42CDAF #6942CD #CD4260 #A6CD42

square

#42CDAF #6942CD #CD4260 #A6CD42

split-complementary

#42CDAF #CD42A6 #CD6942

monochromatic

#1F7663 #2CA68C #42CDAF #72DAC3 #A3E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#42CDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDAF

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDAF	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddc6',
    500: '#42cdaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdaf;
$custom-light: #88ddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.05,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76665,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDAF

secondary

#D397A4

accent

#4668E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDAF

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

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