#42CDB3#42CDB3

#42CDB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.124 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDB3
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 179)
HSL	hsl(169, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 12.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -43.08, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 43.14, 177.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.1236 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.124 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2108, 48.0719, 50.2203)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDB3 #CD425C

analogous

#42CD6D #42CDB3 #42A1CD

triadic

#42CDB3 #B342CD #CDB342

tetradic

#42CDB3 #6D42CD #CD425C #A1CD42

square

#42CDB3 #6D42CD #CD425C #A1CD42

split-complementary

#42CDB3 #CD42A1 #CD6D42

monochromatic

#1F7665 #2CA68F #42CDB3 #72DAC6 #A3E7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CDB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#42CDB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDB3

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDB3	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.124 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddc9',
    500: '#42cdb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdb3;
$custom-light: #88ddc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.777,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7678,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDB3

secondary

#D397A3

accent

#4663E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDB3

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

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