#42CDBB#42CDBB

#42CDBB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.120 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDBB
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 187)
HSL	hsl(172, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 8.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -41.01, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 41.05, 182.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.12 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.12 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0435, 48.4050, 54.6057)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDBB #CD4254

analogous

#42CD75 #42CDBB #4299CD

triadic

#42CDBB #BB42CD #CDBB42

tetradic

#42CDBB #7542CD #CD4254 #99CD42

square

#42CDBB #7542CD #CD4254 #99CD42

split-complementary

#42CDBB #CD4299 #CD7542

monochromatic

#1F766A #2CA696 #42CDBB #72DACC #A3E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#42CDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#42CDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDBB

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDBB	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.120 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ddcf',
    500: '#42cdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdbb;
$custom-light: #88ddcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.23,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7702,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDBB

secondary

#D3979F

accent

#465AE1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDBB

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

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