#42CDB0#42CDB0

#42CDB0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDB0
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 176)
HSL	hsl(167, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 14.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -43.84, 3.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 44.00, 175.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.125 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.125 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9107, 47.9519, 48.6397)
Luminance	0.4795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDB0 #CD425F

analogous

#42CD6A #42CDB0 #42A4CD

triadic

#42CDB0 #B042CD #CDB042

tetradic

#42CDB0 #6A42CD #CD425F #A4CD42

square

#42CDB0 #6A42CD #CD425F #A4CD42

split-complementary

#42CDB0 #CD42A4 #CD6A42

monochromatic

#1F7663 #2CA68C #42CDB0 #72DAC4 #A3E7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#42CDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDB0

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDB0	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddc7',
    500: '#42cdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdb0;
$custom-light: #88ddc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.482,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76693,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDB0

secondary

#D397A4

accent

#4667E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDB0

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

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