#42CDBA#42CDBA

#42CDBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDBA
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -41.27, -1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 41.29, 181.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.1204 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.121 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9368, 48.3623, 54.0439)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDBA #CD4255

analogous

#42CD75 #42CDBA #429ACD

triadic

#42CDBA #BA42CD #CDBA42

tetradic

#42CDBA #7542CD #CD4255 #9ACD42

square

#42CDBA #7542CD #CD4255 #9ACD42

split-complementary

#42CDBA #CD429A #CD7542

monochromatic

#1F766A #2CA695 #42CDBA #72DACC #A3E7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#42CDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDBA

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDBA	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 182.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.799,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDBA

secondary

#D397A0

accent

#465CE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDBA

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

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