#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
RGBrgb(66, 205, 183)
HSLhsl(171, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(171, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 10.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.97, -42.06, 0.14)
CIE-LCHlch(74.97, 42.06, 179.81°)
OKLaboklab(76.9% -0.1218 -0.0003)
OKLCHoklch(76.9% 0.122 180.2)
XYZxyz(32.6212, 48.2361, 52.3818)
Luminance0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42CDB71.001.9710.6510.65
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6521.001.001.00
##00000010.6521.001.001.00

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

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#42CDB7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva