#42CDB1#42CDB1

#42CDB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.125 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDB1
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 177)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 13.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -43.59, 3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 43.71, 175.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.1245 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.125 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0100, 47.9916, 49.1628)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDB1 #CD425E

analogous

#42CD6B #42CDB1 #42A3CD

triadic

#42CDB1 #B142CD #CDB142

tetradic

#42CDB1 #6B42CD #CD425E #A3CD42

square

#42CDB1 #6B42CD #CD425E #A3CD42

split-complementary

#42CDB1 #CD42A3 #CD6B42

monochromatic

#1F7664 #2CA68D #42CDB1 #72DAC5 #A3E7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CDB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#42CDB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDB1

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDB1	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C0B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.125 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddc8',
    500: '#42cdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdb1;
$custom-light: #88ddc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.914,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76722,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDB1

secondary

#D397A4

accent

#4666E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDB1

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

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