#42CDB6#42CDB6

#42CDB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.122 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDB6
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 182)
HSL	hsl(170, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 11.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -42.31, 0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 42.32, 179.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.1222 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.122 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5175, 48.1946, 51.8356)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDB6 #CD4259

analogous

#42CD70 #42CDB6 #429ECD

triadic

#42CDB6 #B642CD #CDB642

tetradic

#42CDB6 #7042CD #CD4259 #9ECD42

square

#42CDB6 #7042CD #CD4259 #9ECD42

split-complementary

#42CDB6 #CD429E #CD7042

monochromatic

#1F7667 #2CA692 #42CDB6 #72DAC9 #A3E7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#42CDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDB6

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDB6	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.122 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddcb',
    500: '#42cdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdb6;
$custom-light: #88ddcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.072,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76869,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDB6

secondary

#D397A1

accent

#4660E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDB6

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

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