#42CDB7#42CDB7

#42CDB7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.122 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDB7
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 183)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 10.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -42.06, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 42.06, 179.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.1218 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.122 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6212, 48.2361, 52.3818)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDB7 #CD4258

analogous

#42CD72 #42CDB7 #429DCD

triadic

#42CDB7 #B742CD #CDB742

tetradic

#42CDB7 #7242CD #CD4258 #9DCD42

square

#42CDB7 #7242CD #CD4258 #9DCD42

split-complementary

#42CDB7 #CD429D #CD7242

monochromatic

#1F7668 #2CA693 #42CDB7 #72DAC9 #A3E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CDB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#42CDB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDB7

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDB7	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.122 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddcc',
    500: '#42cdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdb7;
$custom-light: #88ddcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.504,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76899,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDB7

secondary

#D397A1

accent

#465FE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDB7

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

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