#42CDB9#42CDB9

#42CDB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDB9
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 185)
HSL	hsl(171, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 9.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -41.53, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 41.54, 181.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.1209 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.121 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8309, 48.3199, 53.4859)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDB9 #CD4256

analogous

#42CD73 #42CDB9 #429BCD

triadic

#42CDB9 #B942CD #CDB942

tetradic

#42CDB9 #7342CD #CD4256 #9BCD42

square

#42CDB9 #7342CD #CD4256 #9BCD42

split-complementary

#42CDB9 #CD429B #CD7342

monochromatic

#1F7669 #2CA694 #42CDB9 #72DACB #A3E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#42CDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDB9

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDB9	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)

#C4C1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddce',
    500: '#42cdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdb9;
$custom-light: #88ddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.367,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76959,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDB9

secondary

#D397A0

accent

#465DE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDB9

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

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