#42CDB8#42CDB8

#42CDB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.121 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDB8
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 184)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 10.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -41.80, -0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 41.80, 180.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.1213 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.121 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7257, 48.2779, 52.9319)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDB8 #CD4257

analogous

#42CD72 #42CDB8 #429DCD

triadic

#42CDB8 #B842CD #CDB842

tetradic

#42CDB8 #7242CD #CD4257 #9DCD42

square

#42CDB8 #7242CD #CD4257 #9DCD42

split-complementary

#42CDB8 #CD429D #CD7242

monochromatic

#1F7668 #2CA693 #42CDB8 #72DACA #A3E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CDB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#42CDB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDB8

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDB8	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.121 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddcd',
    500: '#42cdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdb8;
$custom-light: #88ddcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.935,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76929,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDB8

secondary

#D397A0

accent

#465EE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDB8

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

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