#42CDB2#42CDB2

#42CDB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDB2
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 178)
HSL	hsl(168, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 13.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -43.34, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 43.42, 176.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.1241 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.124 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1100, 48.0316, 49.6896)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDB2 #CD425D

analogous

#42CD6C #42CDB2 #42A3CD

triadic

#42CDB2 #B242CD #CDB242

tetradic

#42CDB2 #6C42CD #CD425D #A3CD42

square

#42CDB2 #6C42CD #CD425D #A3CD42

split-complementary

#42CDB2 #CD42A3 #CD6C42

monochromatic

#1F7665 #2CA68E #42CDB2 #72DAC6 #A3E7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#42CDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDB2

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDB2	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C1B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddc9',
    500: '#42cdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdb2;
$custom-light: #88ddc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.345,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76751,
    "c": 0.12423,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDB2

secondary

#D397A3

accent

#4665E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDB2

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

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